''Distorsionella pseudaphera'' is a
species of medium-sized
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Thalassocyonidae
Thalassocyonidae is a family of sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha.
Genera
The only two genera within the family Thalassocyonidae are:
* '' Distorsionella'' Beu, 1978
* ''Thalassocyon
''Thalassocyon'' is a ...
.
Description
Distribution
References
Thalassocyonidae
Gastropods described in 1998
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