Distorsio kurzi

Distorsio kurzi, common name Kurz's distorsio, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.^[1]

Distorsio kurzi
Five views of a shell of Distorsio kurzi Petuch & Harasewych, 1980
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Personidae
Genus:	Distorsio
Species:	D. kurzi
Binomial name
Distorsio kurzi Petuch & Harasewych, 1980
Synonyms[1]
Distorsio (Rhysema) kurzi Petuch & Harasewych, 1980

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 and 64 mm (1.2 and 2.5 in).

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southeast Africa, Mozambique, the Andamans, the Philippines and in the Western Pacific (Vanuatu); in the Coral Sea and off New Caledonia.