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Distorsio graceiellae

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Distorsio graceiellae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Personidae
Genus: Distorsio
Species:
D. graceiellae
Binomial name
Distorsio graceiellae
Parth, 1989

Distorsio graceiellae is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 30 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indonesia, Vanuatu, the Fiji Islands, the Solomon Islands, the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia and Australia (New South Wales, Queensland)

References

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  1. ^ a b Distorsio graceiellae Parth, 1989. WoRMS (2010). Distorsio graceiellae Parth, 1989. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476480 on 14 August 2010 .
  • Parth, M. (1989). Brief Notes on the Genus Distorsio Roeding 1798 and Description of a New Species. La Conchiglia. 21 (233–236): 52–57
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
  • Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp.
  • Kronenberg, G.C. 1994. A review of the Personidae Gray, 1854, with the description of Distorsio ventricosa spec. nov. Vita Marina 42(3): 57-103
  • Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120
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