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Distorsio decipiens

Gastropoda - Personidae

Taxonomy

Triton decipiens was named by Reeve (1844). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Distorsio decipiens by Harzhauser et al. (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. cancellinus, D. clathratus, D. crassidens, D. decussata, D. decussatus, D. jungi, D. macgintyi, D. mcginty, D. mcgintyo, D. reticulata, D. reticulatum, D. septemdenta, D. tortuosa, D. tortuosum, D. crassidens, D. decussatus, D. reticulatus, D. tortuosa, D. tortuosus, D. decussata, D. pusilla, D. reticulata, D. tortuosa, D. crassidens

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1844	Triton decipiens Reeve figs. pl. 20, fig. 102
2009	Distorsio decipiens Harzhauser et al. p. 348

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
superfamily	Tonnoidea	(Suter 1913)
family	Personidae	Gray 1854
genus	Distorsio	Röding 1798
species	decipiens	(Reeve 1844)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Distorsio decipiens Reeve 1844

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 07:59:35

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:59:35

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Burdigalian or 33.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Myanmar	Persona reticulata (76598 76599)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Pakistan	Persona reticulata (77159)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Myanmar	Persona reticulata (76588)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Pakistan	Persona reticulata (77168)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	India	Distorsio decipiens (111230)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	India (Gujarat)	Distorsio decipiens (179086)