{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | image = Distorsio smithi 01.JPG | image_caption = A shell of ''Distorsio smithi'' | taxon = Distorsio smithi | authority = (Maltzan, 1884) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = ''Persona smithi'' <small>von Maltzan, 1884</small> |display_parents= 3 }}
'''''Distorsio smithi''''', common name '''Smith's distorsio''', is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the ''Distortio'' snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|225045|''Distorsio smithi'' (Maltzan, 1884)||6 December 2018}}</ref>
==Description== {{Expand section|date=January 2016|small=no}}
The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 112 mm.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} ==Distribution== This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes, Mauritania, Gabon and Angola.
==References== {{Reflist}} * Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. * Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. * Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda''
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Gastropods.com|key=1|id=2871|title=''Distorsio smithi''|access-date=16 January 2019}} * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30957896 Maltzan, H. F. von. (1884). Diagnosen neuer Senegambischer Gastropoden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen. Malakozooologischen Gesellschaft 16: 65-73]
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Category:Personidae Category:Gastropods described in 1884 Category:Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean Category:Molluscs of Angola Category:Invertebrates of Gabon Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde Category:Taxa named by Hermann von Maltzan
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