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About this species
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.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Distorsio kurzi”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 22 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 56–100 m · Deepest record: 243.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- カドバリイボボラ
Other scientific names: Distorsio (Rhysema) kurzi
Similar species
Common distorsioDistorsio anus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 82 open-data records from 1978 to 1993.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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