Distorsio mcgintyi

Distorsio mcgintyi is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.^[1]

Distorsio mcgintyi
Shell of Distorsio mcgintyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Personidae
Genus:	Distorsio
Species:	D. mcgintyi
Binomial name
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson & Puffer, 1953
Synonyms[1]
Distorsio constricta floridana Olsson & McGinty, 1951 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Personella floridana Gardner, 1947;D. mcgintyi is a replacement name) Distorsio constricta mcgintyi Emerson & Puffer, 1953

Description

The length of the shell attains 32 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, mainly off Florida.