Species Distorsomina pusilla (Pease, 1861)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Distorsio pusilla Pease, W.H. 1861. Descriptions of seventeen new species of marine shells from the Sandwich Islands, in the collection of Hugh Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28: 397-400 [397].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1961155, Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).

 

Generic Combinations

• Distorsomina pusilla (Pease, 1861) [new combination]. —
  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 [201, figs 65a-k, 66a-h]
• Distortrix pusilla (Pease, 1861). —
  Bayer, C. 1933. Catalogue of the Cymatiidae in the Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 16: 33-59 [54]
• Distorsio (Personella) pusilla (Pease, 1861). —
  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1975. The taxonomy of some Indo-Pacific Mollusca Part 3. With descriptions of new taxa and remarks on an Ecuadorian fossil species of Turridae. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 12: 213-234 [215, figs 5-9] (as Distorsio (?Personella) pusilla (Pease, 1861); new combination)
• Personella pusilla (Pease, 1861). —
  Beu, A.G. 1985. A classification and catalogue of living world Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Conchologists of America Bulletin 13(4): 55-66 [62, fig. 36]
• Personopsis pusilla (Pease, 1861). —
  Beu, A.G. 1988. Taxonomy of the gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part 5. Early history of the families, with four new genera and recognition of the family Personidae. Saito Ho-on Kai Special Publication 2 (Professor Tamio Kotaka Commemorative Volume): 69-96 [91] (as ?Personopsis pusilla (Pease, 1861); new combination)
• Personopsis pusilla (Pease, 1861). —
  Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp. [150, pl. 30, fig. 6]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Distorsio cancellinus auct. —
  Tryon, G.W. 1880-1881. Tritonidae, Fusidae and Buccinidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 3 310 pp. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-24, Dec. 31, 1880; pp. 65-128, pls 26-52, Mar. 28, 1881; pp. 129-192, pls 53-79, Jun. 6, 1881; pp. 193-310, pls 80-87, Oct. 3, 1881] [35]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral, marine, rocks, subtidal.

 

General References

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 [201, figs 65a-k, 66a-h]

Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120 [85]

Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp. [150]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TONNOIDEA	10-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED