Distorsio

Distorsio is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.

Distorsio

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PersonidaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Personidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Personidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Personidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 41 million years on record.

The record covers at least 41.03 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 347 occurrencesEocene — about 13 of 347 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 16 of 347 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 175 of 347 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 116 of 347 occurrencesPleistocene — about 23 of 347 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 3 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 4 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 2 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 1 occurrence34–32 Mya — about 3 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 4 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 4 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 3 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 1 occurrence25–23 Mya — about 2 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 4 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 11 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 13 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 12 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 10 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 11 occurrences11–9.5 Mya — about 25 occurrences9.5–7.6 Mya — about 25 occurrences7.6–5.7 Mya — about 52 occurrences5.7–3.8 Mya — about 63 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 72 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 19 occurrences41.03 Mya11.7 ka57 Mya0 Mya

347 occurrences of Distorsio on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

347 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

86 formations

Gurabo — 19.48°N, 71.09°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.20°WGurabo — 19.48°N, 70.98°WGurabo — 18.73°N, 71.00°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 70.50°WGurabo — 19.45°N, 70.70°WGurabo — 19.40°N, 70.72°WGurabo — 19.53°N, 71.33°WGurabo — 19.30°N, 71.67°WGurabo — 19.58°N, 71.05°WGurabo — 18.93°N, 71.62°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.83°WGatun — 9.38°N, 79.82°WGatun — 9.27°N, 79.92°WGatun — 9.17°N, 80.00°WBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WCantaure — 11.90°N, 69.84°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.65°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.69°N, 86.65°WAgueguexquite — 18.09°N, 94.34°WAgueguexquite — 18.15°N, 94.42°WTubará — 10.99°N, 74.95°WTubará — 10.80°N, 75.02°WMoin — 10.00°N, 83.03°WByram — 32.01°N, 89.38°WByram — 32.18°N, 90.25°WByram — 32.32°N, 90.86°WByram — 32.12°N, 90.53°WRio Gurabo — 19.50°N, 71.18°WArmuelles — 8.27°N, 82.87°WArmuelles — 8.27°N, 81.97°WChipola — 30.44°N, 85.19°WChipola — 30.46°N, 85.16°WChipola — 30.50°N, 85.12°WBaitoa — 19.17°N, 70.70°WBaitoa — 19.30°N, 70.80°WBaitoa — 19.35°N, 70.70°WCaujarao — 11.00°N, 69.83°WCaujarao — 11.45°N, 69.57°WMontezuma — 9.65°N, 85.07°WNancy Point — 9.15°N, 81.95°WNancy Point — 9.14°N, 81.95°WCercado — 19.30°N, 71.67°WCercado — 19.58°N, 71.04°WCercado — 19.48°N, 71.08°WCook Mountain — 32.35°N, 92.72°WCook Mountain — 31.09°N, 95.95°WCook Mountain — 31.11°N, 96.28°WMare — 10.00°N, 64.00°WMare — 10.61°N, 63.52°WNavidad — 33.95°S, 71.75°WNavidad — 33.94°S, 71.85°WNavidad — 33.93°S, 71.85°WAraya — 10.82°N, 64.18°WAraya — 10.63°N, 64.30°WRio Banano — 9.91°N, 83.07°WEscudo de Veraguas — 9.09°N, 81.55°WEscudo de Veraguas — 9.09°N, 81.55°WCayo Agua — 9.18°N, 82.05°WCayo Agua — 9.14°N, 82.01°W

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The named rock units Distorsio has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 62 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 21 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Distorsio and its relatives

Miocene

Where Distorsio and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

2,610 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 107 sites for Distorsio, and this reads all of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

60 references

Each of the 347 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 48 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Distorsio

Credit
Shellnut
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Photography scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
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Specimen
Distorsio constricta · UF:Invertebrate Zoology:142482-Mollusca

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itPersonidae through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Röding 1798)