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Distorsio

Gastropoda - Personidae

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyPersonidaeGray 1854
genusDistorsioRöding 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 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
Distorsio decipiens Reeve 1844
Distorsio decussata Valenciennes 1832
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Invalid names: Distorsio gatunensis Toula 1909 [synonym]
Distorsio jacksonensis Meyer 1885
Distorsio jenniernestae Emerson and Piech 1992
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson and Puffer 1953
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Invalid names: Distorsio floridana Olsson and McGinty 1951 [replaced]
Distorsio reticularis Linnaeus 1767
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Invalid names: Persona metableta Cossmann 1903 [synonym]
Distorsio ringens Philippi 1887
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Invalid names: Distorsio thersites Philippi 1887 [synonym]
Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850
Distorsio smithi von Maltzan 1884
Invalid names: Distortrix Link 1807 [synonym], Persona Montfort 1810 [synonym], Rhysema Clench and Turner 1957 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (294 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) D. septemdenta (92783)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) D. sp. (205537 205539)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) D. sp. (205267 205456 205486)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) D. jacksonensis (91115) D. sp. (44517 44518)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) D. jacksonensis (90704)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) D. jacksonensis (41453 61109 92391)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) D. crassidens (80184)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Myanmar Persona reticulata (76598 76599)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Landes) D. tortuosa (176463)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Pakistan Persona reticulata (77159)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (North Carolina) D. crassidens (4880)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) D. crassidens (5867 6002 6005 6006 7111 7112 177590)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) D. sp. (52418)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Oman D. cancellina (75608)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Myanmar Persona reticulata (76588)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Persona reticulata (77168)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile D. thersites (78523 78552)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Colombia D. clathrata (92694)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India D. cancellinus (72033)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Veracruz-Llave) D. clathrata (92609)