Personopsis

Personopsis
Shell of Personopsis purpurata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Personidae
Genus:	Personopsis Beu, 1988
Type species
Triton grasi Bellardi in d'Ancona, 1872
Synonyms
Distorsioninae Beu, 1981 Personinae Gray, 1854 (original rank)

Personopsis is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Personidae.

Species

Species within the genus Personopsis include:

• † Personopsis alvaradoi (Villalta, 1956) †
• † Personopsis beui (P. A. Maxwell, 1968)
• Personopsis ednafarinasae Parth, 2006
• Personopsis grasi (Bellardi in d'Ancona, 1872)
• † Personopsis interposita (Tate, 1894)
• † Personopsis merlei Vicián & Z. Kovács, 2022
• † Personopsis minae (de Gregorio, 1880)
• Personopsis purpurata Beu, 1998
• † Personopsis rutoti (Vincent, 1930)
• † Personopsis septemdentata (Gabb, 1860)
• Personopsis trigonaperta Beu, 1998

Synonym:

• Personopsis ednafarinasi Parth, 2006: synonym of Personopsis ednafarinasae Parth, 2006 (wrongly formed genitive: named after a woman)

External links

• 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