Species Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Murex anus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [750, sp. 463] [based on the Buonanni figures].

  Type data:

   Lectotype LS, Ambon Island, Indonesia.
• Distorta rotunda Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 10, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Neotype LS, Ambon Island, Indonesia.
• Distorta rugosa Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22. [249].

  Type data:

   Neotype LS, Ambon Island, Indonesia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Distorsio anus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [133, sp. 1673]
• Triton anus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. pp. 1-16 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Paris : Agasse Part 23 pp. 1-16, pls 391-488. [pl. 413, fig. 3a, b]
• Tritonium (Persona) anus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Martens, E.C. von 1880. Mollusken. pp. 181-346 in Mobius, K. (ed.). Beitrage zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen. Berlin : Otto Enslin 352 pp. [276]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Popora gibbosa Buonanni, 1681. —
  Buonanni, P. 1681. Recreatio mentis et occuli in observatione Animalium Testaceorum curiosis naturae inspectoribus. Rome : Varese pp. 384 pp., 109 pls. [221, sp. 279, 280]
• Haairige ooren Rumphius, 1705. —
  Rumphius, G.E. 1705. D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer, behelzende eene beschryvinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harde schaalvisschen, te weeten raare Krabben, Kreeften, en diergelyke Zeedieren, als mede allerhande Hoorntjes en Schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche Zee vindt : daar beneven zommige Mineraalen, Gesteenten, en soorten van Aarde, die in d'Amboinsche, en zommige omleggende Eilanden gevonden worden : Verdeelt in drie bocken, &c. Rumpf, Georg Eberhard, 1627–1702. Amsterdam Vol. 1. 340 pp. 60 pls. [82, pl. XXIV, fig. F]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks, subtidal, under rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

To 62 m.

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [115, pl. 20, fig. 22]

Beu, A.G. 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae. A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna, with revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 178: 1-256 [182, figs 58o, 59a, b]

Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120 [83, figs 4H, I]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1967. The Bursidae, Cymatiidae and Colubrariidae of Fiji. Veliger 9(3): 310-329 [324, pl. 45, fig. 23; text fig. 13]

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [115, fig. 344]

Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp. [136]

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [12, fig. 1]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [223, fig. 79K]

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 [63, pl. 1, fig. 1, pl. 2, fig. 4]

Ladd, H.S. 1977. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 533: iv 84 pp., pls 1-23 [35, pl. 11, fig. 11]

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Triton. pls 1-20 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 12, fig. 44]

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [68, pl. 7, fig. 14]

Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [306, fig. 176]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [82, fig. 262]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [239, pl. 40, figs 21a-b]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [78, fig. 58]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [115, pl. 20, fig. 22] (Warp Shell Or Old Woman)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [115, pl. 344] (Distorted Triton)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TONNOIDEA	12-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED