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Distorsio perdistorta Fulton, 1938

140726  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140726)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fulton, H. C. (1938). Descriptions and figures of new Japanese marine shells. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 23(1): 55-56, pl. 3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064337 [details]   
Note off Kii peninsula, southern Japan, Kii, Japan  
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Type locality off Kii peninsula, southern Japan [details]
Type locality Kii, Japan [details]
Distribution Known from widely scattered areas in subtropical/tropical oceans: Japan, Madagascar, Angola, the Caribbean, Canary Is, in...  
Distribution Known from widely scattered areas in subtropical/tropical oceans: Japan, Madagascar, Angola, the Caribbean, Canary Is, in 110-300 m depth. Seine seamount, rare in 240-260 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Distorsio perdistorta Fulton, 1938. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140726 on 2024-03-29
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024). European Register of Marine Species. Distorsio perdistorta Fulton, 1938. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140726 on 2024-03-29
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original description Fulton, H. C. (1938). Descriptions and figures of new Japanese marine shells. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 23(1): 55-56, pl. 3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064337 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]   

additional source Beu A.G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 178: 1-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58988686 [details]   

additional source Gofas, S. & Beu, A. (2003). Tonnoidean Gastropods of the North Atlantic seamounts and the Azores. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 17(1-2): 91-108., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45999879 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae.. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Lewis, H,. (1972). Notes on the genus <i>Distorsio</i> (Cymatiidae) with descriptions of new species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 86(2-4): 27-50, figs. 1-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8511517
page(s): 27-31, 34-37, figs. 1-3, 5-7, 11-34 [details]   

additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. <i>Bulletins of American Paleontology</i> 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls.
page(s): 94 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in RoR[details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 81. [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Biology Type of larval development: long lasting planktotrophic (teleplanic), inferred from multispiral protoconch. [details]

Diagnosis Shell up to 80 mm, with a moderately high spire and a strongly distorted profile. Protoconch large (2 mm), globose, distinctly cyrtoconoid with three smooth whorls. Teleoconch of 7-8 whorls, the body whorl compressed on the side of the aperture and increasingly inflated opposite to it. Sculpture of low spiral cords, and of narrow axial ribs which form indistinct nodes where crossing the spirals; interspaces between cords furnished with a small intervening cordlet. Varixes situated at about each 3/4 of a whorl over the last whorls. Aperture subtriangular, considerably constricted by outgrowths of the outer lip and of the columellar edge; outer lip provided with 6-7 elongate denticles of which the third (from adapical side) is markedly larger; parietal edge with a broad, thin and shiny callus, continued to form a broad shield also bordering the columella; provided with small blunt tubercles and molded over the varix of preceding whorl but never bearing a distinct plait or denticle on the adapical side; columellar edge forming a thick outgrowth which extends over the aperture, provided with denticles which increase in size towards the adapical side. Siphonal canal short. Periostracum hairy, rather short over most of the surface, with longer bristles over the varices. Colour whitish to tan, the aperture tinged with brown on the edge of the outer lip and on the parietal/columellar shield.
This species is distinguished from the West African Distorsio smithi (von Maltzan, 1887) in being smaller, with a more attenuated sculpture.
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Distribution Known from widely scattered areas in subtropical/tropical oceans: Japan, Madagascar, Angola, the Caribbean, Canary Is, in 110-300 m depth. Seine seamount, rare in 240-260 m. [details]

Type locality off Kii peninsula, southern Japan [details]

Type locality Kii, Japan [details]
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