Distorsio kurzi | |
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Five views of a shell of Distorsio kurzi Petuch & Harasewych, 1980 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
Family: | Personidae |
Genus: | Distorsio |
Species: | D. kurzi
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Binomial name | |
Distorsio kurzi Petuch & Harasewych, 1980
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Synonyms [1] | |
Distorsio (Rhysema) kurzi Petuch & Harasewych, 1980 |
Distorsio kurzi, common name Kurz's 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 30 and 64 mm (1.2 and 2.5 in).
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This marine species occurs off Southeast Africa, Mozambique, the Andamans, the Philippines and in the Western Pacific ( Vanuatu); in the Coral Sea and off New Caledonia.