Atlantic Distorsio: Family Personidae

Atlantic Distorsio
Distorsio clathrata (Lamarck, 1816)
Family Personidae

The Atlantic Distorsio is a rare shell on S. Hutchinson Island beaches. 


Distorsio (S. Hutchinson Island, November 2020)

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Worms taxon:

Personidae Gray, 1854

AphiaID 23090  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23090)

Classification:  Biota Animalia (Kingdom) Mollusca (Phylum) Gastropoda (Class) Caenogastropoda (Subclass) Littorinimorpha (Order) Tonnoidea (Superfamily) Personidae (Family)


Parent
Tonnoidea Suter, 1913 (1825)
Synonymised names
Distorsioninae Beu, 1981
Personinae Gray, 1854 (original rank)

Direct children (6)

Genus Distorsio Röding, 1798
Genus Personopsis Beu, 1988

Genus Calcarella Souleyet, 1850 accepted as Distorsio Röding, 1798
Genus Distorta Perry, 1811 accepted as Distorsio Röding, 1798
Genus Distortrix Link, 1807 accepted as Distorsio Röding, 1798 (objective synonym of Distorsio)
Genus Persona Montfort, 1810 accepted as Distorsio Röding, 1798 (objective synonym of Distoriso)
Environment
marine
Original description
Not documented
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Personidae Gray, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23090 on 2021-01-21


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Distorsio clathrata
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Distorsio clathrata
Distorsio clathrata life.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom:     Animalia
Phylum:     Mollusca
Class:     Gastropoda
Subclass:     Caenogastropoda
Order:     Littorinimorpha
Family:     Personidae
Genus:     Distorsio
Species:     D. clathrata
Binomial name
Distorsio clathrata
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]

    Distorsio (Rhysema) robinsoni Petuch, 1987
    Distorsio acuta occidentalis Mörch, 1877
    Distorsio robinsoni Petuch, 1987
    Triton clathrata Lamarck, 1816(original combination)
    Triton ridens Reeve, 1844

Distorsio clathrata, common name the Atlantic distorsio, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.[1]
Contents

    1 Distribution
    2 Description
    3 Habitat
    4 References
    5 External links

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Northeast Brasil.
Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 79 mm.[2]
Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 300 m.[2]
References

Distorsio clathrata (Lamarck, 1816). WoRMS (2010). Distorsio clathrata (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419785 on 14 August 2010 .

    Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

    Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links
"Distorsio clathrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019


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