Distorsio mcgintyi
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- Distorsio constricta floridana Olsson & McGinty, 1951 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Personella floridana Gardner, 1947;D. mcgintyi is a replacement name)
- Distorsio constricta mcgintyi Emerson & Puffer, 1953
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Distorsio mcgintyi is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Distorsio mcgintyi W. K. Emerson & Puffer, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476484 on 2023-07-25
Description
The length of the shell attains 32 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, mainly off Florida.
References
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- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- Parth, M. (2017). Seashells and Chinese snuff bottles. The collection Manfred Parth. München: Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil. 288 pp.
External links
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524825 Olsson, A. A. & McGinty, T. L. (1951). A Distorsio new to the Florida fauna. The Nautilus. 65(1): 26-28, pl. 1, figs. 5-6, 9]
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