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Distorsio
Description | Distorsio is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distorsio, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Ranellidae : Distorsio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Personidae : Distorsio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Distorsio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 15 (83%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 48.6 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Personidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Personidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distorsio |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Distorsio (Distorsio) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Distorsio anus species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Distorsio biangulata species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Distorsio cancellina species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Distorsio clathrata species | listed (PBDB) | 57 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Distorsio constricta species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Distorsio decipiens ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
Distorsio decussata species | listed (PBDB) | 64 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Distorsio jenniernestae species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Distorsio mcgintyi species | listed (PBDB) | 68 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Distorsio minoruohnishii species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Distorsio nucleoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Distorsio perdistorta species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Distorsio reticularis species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Distorsio ringens species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Distorsio septemdentata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Distorsio simillima ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 74 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
Distorsio smithi species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1798 | Distorsio Röding |
1807 | Distortrix Link |
1810 | Persona Montfort |
1909 | Distorsio (Distortrix) Toula p. 700 |
1915 | Persona (Distortrix) Tesch |
1928 | Distorsio Woodring p. 299 |
1937 | Distorsio Palmer p. 260 |
1957 | Distorsio (Rhysema) Clench and Turner |
1977 | Distorsio Ladd p. 35 |
1977 | Distorsio (Rhysema) Ladd p. 35 |
1978 | Distorsio Beu p. 38 |
1986 | Distorsio (Rhysema) Covacevich and Frassinetti p. 39 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1988 | Distorsio Beu p. 90 |
1989 | Distorsio Robba et al. p. 77 |
1989 | Distorsio (Rhysema) Robba et al. p. 77 |
1992 | Distorsio Perrilliat p. 24 |
1992 | Distorsio (Rhysema) Perrilliat p. 24 |
1993 | Distorsio Wilson p. 238 |
2001 | Distorsio Todd |
2002 | Distorsio Sepkoski, Jr. |
2005 | Distorsio Beu p. 54 |
2007 | Distorsio Harzhauser p. 105 |
2010 | Distorsio Beu |
2010 | Distorsio Landau and Marques da Silva p. 55 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!