Personidae Explained

The Personidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.^{[1] [2]}

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)

External links

• The Taxonomicon
• Gray, J. E. (1854). On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1853) 21: 32-44
• Strong E.E., Puillandre N., Beu A.G., Castelin M. & Bouchet P. (2019). Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 18-34
• Beu, A. G. (1988). Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part 5. Early history of the families, with four new genera and recognition of the family Personidae. Saito Ho-on Kai Special Publication. (Prof. T. Kotaka Commemorative volume): 69-96
• Beu A.G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 178: 1-255.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Personidae Gray, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23090 on 2021-12-30
2. Bouchet, P. . Rocroi, J.-P. . amp . 2005 . Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families . Malacologia . 47 . 1–2 .