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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
Images: Distorsionella lewisi (Beu, 1978)
790 metres, Three Kings Rise, NZ. © rights reserved
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:
Western Pacific. Wanganella Bank, Challenger Plateau and Cavalli Seamount
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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