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<i>Distorsio anus</i>

Distorsio anus

Species of gastropod

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

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 33 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific (Tanzania, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius)

References

  1. [1]
    Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2010). Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217011 on 14 August 2010 .
  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
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