Personidae
Family of gastropods
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The Personidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.[1] [2]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Distorsio ventricosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Personidae J.E. Gray, 1854 |
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Taxonomy
- Distorsio Röding, 1798
- † Kotakaia Beu, 1988
- Personopsis Beu, 1988
- Synonyms
- Calcarella Souleyet, 1850: synonym of Distorsio Röding, 1798
- Distorta Perry, 1811: synonym of Distorsio Röding, 1798
- Distortrix Link, 1807: synonym of Distorsio Röding, 1798 (objective synonym of Distorsio)
- Persona Montfort, 1810: synonym of Distorsio Röding, 1798 (objective synonym of Distoriso)
