Distorsio constricta

Author
Emerson & Puffer, 1953
Common Names
  • Constricted Distorsio

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Min Depth
25 meters
Max Depth
274 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina to Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • carnivore (includes scavengers)
References

  • Clench, W. J., and R. D. Turner. 1957. The family Cymatiidae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 3(36): 189–244.

  • García, E. F., and H. G. Lee. 2002. Report on molluscan species found in the offshore waters of Louisiana, including many extensions of known range and unnamed species. American Conchologist 30(4): 10–13.

  • Kronenberg, G. C. 1994. A review of the Personidae Gray, 1854, with the description of Distorsio ventricosa spec. nov. Vita Marina 42(3): 57–103.

  • Odé, H. 1973b. A survey of the molluscan fauna of the northwest Gulf of Mexico-preliminary report (continued). Texas Conchologist 9(3): 60–72.

  • Springer, S., and H. R. Bullis, Jr. 1956. Collections by the Oregon in the Gulf of Mexico. Special Scientific Report--Fisheries 196: ii + 134 pp.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-10-2024.

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