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Distorsio

Gastropoda - Personidae

Taxonomy

Distorsio was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant. Its type is Murex anus.

It was reranked as Persona (Distortrix) by Tesch (1915).

It was assigned to Persona by Tesch (1915); to Distorsioninae by Beu (1978); to Cymatiidae by Woodring (1928), Palmer (1937), Harris and Palmer (1947), Ladd (1977), Robba et al. (1989) and Perrilliat (1992); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Personidae by Beu (1988), Wilson (1993), Todd (2001), Beu (2005), Harzhauser (2007), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010) and Beu (2010).

Species

D. (Distorsio), D. anus, D. biangulata, D. cancellina (syn. D. subclathratum), D. clathrata (syn. D. (Rhysema) robinsoni), D. constricta, D. decipiens, D. decussata (syn. D. gatunensis), D. jacksonensis, D. jenniernestae, D. mcgintyi (syn. D. floridana), D. minoruohnishii, D. perdistorta, D. reticularis (syn. Persona metableta), D. ringens (syn. D. thersites), D. simillima, D. smithi

Species lacking formal opinion data

D. jungi, D. tortuosa

Synonyms

Persona was named by Montfort (1810). It is extant. Its type is Persona incognita.

It was synonymized subjectively with Distorsio by Beu (2010).
Distortrix was named by Link (1807). It is extant.

It was reranked as Distorsio (Distortrix) by Toula (1909); it was synonymized subjectively with Distorsio by Beu (2010).

It was assigned to Distorsio by Toula (1909).
Distorsio (Rhysema) was named by Clench and Turner (1957). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Distorsio by Beu (2010).

It was assigned to Distorsio by Clench and Turner (1957), Ladd (1977), Covacevich and Frassinetti (1986), Robba et al. (1989) and Perrilliat (1992).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1798	Distorsio Röding
1807	Distortrix Link
1810	Persona Montfort
1909	Distorsio (Distortrix) Toula p. 700
1915	Persona (Distortrix) Tesch
1928	Distorsio Woodring p. 299
1937	Distorsio Palmer p. 260
1947	Distorsio Harris and Palmer p. 335
1957	Distorsio (Rhysema) Clench and Turner
1977	Distorsio Ladd p. 35
1977	Distorsio (Rhysema) Ladd p. 35
1978	Distorsio Beu p. 38
1986	Distorsio (Rhysema) Covacevich and Frassinetti p. 39
1988	Distorsio Beu p. 90
1989	Distorsio Robba et al. p. 77
1989	Distorsio (Rhysema) Robba et al. p. 77
1992	Distorsio Perrilliat p. 24
1992	Distorsio (Rhysema) Perrilliat p. 24
1993	Distorsio Wilson p. 238
2001	Distorsio Todd
2002	Distorsio Sepkoski
2005	Distorsio Beu p. 54
2007	Distorsio Harzhauser p. 105
2010	Distorsio Beu
2010	Distorsio Landau and Marques da Silva p. 55

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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

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.

G. Distorsio Röding 1798

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Subg. Distorsio (Distorsio) Röding 1798

Distorsio anus Linnaeus 1758

Distorsio biangulata Beu 2010

Distorsio cancellina Lamarck 1803

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Invalid names: Distorsio subclathratum d'Orbigny 1852 [synonym]

Distorsio clathrata Lamarck 1816

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Invalid names: Distorsio (Rhysema) robinsoni Petuch 1987 [synonym]

Distorsio constricta Broderip 1835