WoRMS name details
Distorta G. Perry, 1811
463490 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:463490)
unaccepted
Genus
Distorta rotunda G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Distorta acuta Perry, 1811 accepted as Distorsio reticularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (objective synonym of D. reticularis)
- Species Distorta rotunda G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Distorta rugosa Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 10 [details]
page(s): pl. 10 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Distorta G. Perry, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463490 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 10 [details]
page(s): pl. 10 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1957). The family Cymatiidae in the western Atlantic. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 3(36): 189-244., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41113271 [details]
