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Taxonomy
Family:
THALASSOCYONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Thalassocyonidae (Family)
> Distorsionella (Genus)
> lewisi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Distorsio (Distorsionella) Beu, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Distorsio (Distorsionella) lewisi Beu, 1978
=Distorsionella beui F. Riedel, 2000
=Personopsis ednafarinasi Parth, 2006
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Taxonomy
Family:
THALASSOCYONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Thalassocyonidae (Family)
> Distorsionella (Genus)
> lewisi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Distorsio (Distorsionella) Beu, 1978
Synonymised Names:
=Distorsio (Distorsionella) lewisi Beu, 1978
=Distorsionella beui F. Riedel, 2000
=Personopsis ednafarinasi Parth, 2006
Details: Distorsionella lewisi (Beu, 1978)
Size/Grows to:
Height 57mm
Distribution:
N Challenger Plateau to Wanganella Bank, to Kermadec Islands, Northern NZ
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Warén, A., Bouchet, P. 1990 Laubierinidae and Pisanianurinae (Ranellidae), two new deep-sea taxa of the Tonnoidea (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia), The Veliger, 33(1) (p.96)
  • Beu, A.G. 1978 New records and species of Cymatiidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Kermadec Islands, Norfolk Ridge and New Zealand, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 4(1) (p.38) Original Description

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil