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Taxonomy
Family:
PERSONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Personidae (Family)
> Distorsio (Genus)
> habei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Distorsio (Rhysema) kotakai Ogasawara & Morita, 1990
=Distorsio (Rhysema) yagenaensis H. Noda, 1980
=Distorsio constricta habei Lewis, 1972
Images: Distorsio habei Lewis, 1972
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Taxonomy
Family:
PERSONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Personidae (Family)
> Distorsio (Genus)
> habei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Distorsio (Rhysema) kotakai Ogasawara & Morita, 1990
=Distorsio (Rhysema) yagenaensis H. Noda, 1980
=Distorsio constricta habei Lewis, 1972
Details: Distorsio habei Lewis, 1972
Size/Grows to:
Height 52mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G. 1998 Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 178 (p.188)
  • 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)
  • Lewis, H. 1972 Notes on the genus Distorsio (Cymatiidae) with descriptions of new species, The Nautilus, 86(2-4) Original Description

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