{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Distorsio anus.jpg | image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of ''Distorsio anus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) | image2 = Distorsio decipiens 01.JPG | image2_caption = Five views of a shell of ''Distorsio decipiens'' | taxon = Distorsio | authority = Bolten, 1798<ref>[http://www.ubio.org/NZ/detail.php?uid=61209&d=1 Nomenclator Zoologicus info]</ref> | type_species= ''Murex anus'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = "WoRMS" /> | synonyms =* ''Calcarella'' <small>Souleyet, 1850</small> * ''Distorsio (Distorsio)'' <small>Röding, 1798</small> * ''Distorsio (Rhysema)'' <small>Clench & Turner, 1957</small> * ''Distorta'' <small>Perry, 1811</small> * ''Distortrix'' <small>Link, 1807</small> * ''Persona'' <small>Montfort, 1810</small> |display_parents= 3 }}
'''''Distorsio''''' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Personidae, the ''Distortio'' snails.<ref name="WoRMS">Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2015). Distorsio. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138329 on 2015-12-27</ref>
==Description== The shell is subturreted. The whorls are distorted. The aperture is irregular, contracted and ringent. The siphonal canal is recurved. The inner lip is dilated lamellar and rugosely indented. The columella is excavated and verrucosely plicate. The outer lip is sinuous and internally plicato-dentate.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls]</ref>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Distorsio'' include: * ''Distorsio anus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * † ''Distorsio biangulata'' <small>Beu, 2010</small> * ''Distorsio burgessi'' <small>Lewis, 1972</small> * † ''Distorsio cancellina'' <small>(Lamarck, 1803)</small> * ''Distorsio clathrata'' <small>(Lamarck, 1816)</small> * ''Distorsio constricta'' <small>(Broderip, 1833)</small> * ''Distorsio decussata'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1832)</small> * † ''Distorsio djunggranganensis'' <small>(K. Martin, 1916)</small> * ''Distorsio euconstricta'' <small>Beu, 1987</small> * † ''Distorsio floridana'' <small>(J. Gardner, 1947)</small> † * ''Distorsio globosa'' <small>Nolf, 2014</small> * ''Distorsio graceiellae'' <small>Parth, 1989</small> * ''Distorsio habei'' <small>Lewis, 1972</small> * ''Distorsio kurzi'' <small>Petuch & Harasewych, 1980</small> * ''Distorsio mcgintyi'' E<small>merson & Puffer, 1953</small> * † ''Distorsio metableta'' <small>(Cossmann, 1903)</small> * ''Distorsio micalii'' <small>T. Cossignani, 2023</small> * ''Distorsio minoruohnishii'' <small>Parth, 1989</small> * ''Distorsio muehlhaeusseri'' <small>Parth, 1990</small> * ''Distorsio parvimpedita'' <small>Beu, 1998</small> * ''Distorsio perdistorta'' <small>Fulton, 1938</small> * ''Distorsio reticularis'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Distorsio ridens'' <small>(Reeve, 1844)</small> * † ''Distorsio ringens'' <small>(R. A. Philippi, 1887)</small> * † ''Distorsio simillima'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1850)</small> * ''Distorsio smithi'' <small>(von Maltzan, 1884)</small> * ''Distorsio somalica'' <small>Parth, 1990</small>
Species which are synonyms or were incorrectly placed in the genus ''Distorsio'': * ''Distorsio acuta'' Perry, 1811: synonym of ''Distorsio reticularis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Distorsio arcularia'' Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Nassarius arcularia arcularia'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Distorsio communis'' Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Nassarius stolatus'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Distorsio decipiens'' <small>(Reeve, 1844)</small>: synonym of ''Distorsio reticularis'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Distorsio francesae'' Iredale, 1931: synonym of ''Distorsio reticularis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Distorsio horrida'' Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961: synonym of ''Distorsio perdistorta'' Fulton, 1938 * ''Distorsio jenniernestae'' <small>Emerson & Piech, 1992</small>: synonym of ''Distorsio ridens'' <small>(Reeve, 1844)</small> * ''Distorsio lewisi'' Beu, 1978: synonym of ''Distorsionella lewisi'' (Beu, 1978) * ''Distorsio mcgintyi'' Emerson & Puffer, 1953: synonym of ''Distorsio constricta mcgintyi'' Emerson & Puffer, 1953 * ''Distorsio muricina'' Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Gutturnium muricinum'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Distorsio plicata'' Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Nassarius arcularia plicatus'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Distorsio pusilla'' Pease, 1861: synonym of ''Distorsomina pusilla'' (Pease, 1861) * ''Distorsio reticulata'' Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Distorsio reticularis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Distorsio robinsoni'' Petuch, 1987: synonym of ''Distorsio clathrata'' (Lamarck, 1816) * † ''Distorsio septemdentata'' <small>Gabb, 1860</small>: synonym of † ''Personopsis septemdentata'' <small>(Gabb, 1860)</small> * ''Distorsio ventricosa'' <small>Kronenberg, 1994</small>: synonym of ''Distorsio muehlhaeusseri'' <small>Parth, 1990</small>
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