Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Distorsio ridens
Gasterópodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Superfamily
Tonnoidea
Family
Personidae
Genus
Distorsio
Species
ridens
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Distorsio (Distorsio) jenniernestae Emerson & Piech, 1992, Distorsio jenniernestae Emerson & Piech, 1992, Triton ridens Reeve, 1844 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Emerson, W.K. Piech, B.J. (1992) Remarks on Distorsio constricta (Broderip, 1833) and related species in the eastern Pacific Ocean, with the description of a new species (Gastropoda: Personidae). The Veliger 35(2): 105-116.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Distorsio ridens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20010. Accessed 28 June 2025.