Distorsio anus | |
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Five views of a shell of Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
Family: | Personidae |
Genus: | Distorsio |
Species: | D. anus
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Binomial name | |
Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Distorsio anus, common name the common distorsio, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.[1]
The size of the shell varies between 33 mm and 100 mm.
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific (Tanzania, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius)