The phrase "as a distinct type" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to specify or categorize something as a separate or unique classification.
Example: "The species was identified as a distinct type of mammal, differing significantly from its closest relatives."
Alternatives: "as a separate category" or "as a unique kind".
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The dive bomber as a distinct type of aircraft was a product of tests undertaken during the 1920s by the U.S. Navy.
Long recognized as a distinct type, quarter horses are known for their ability to start quickly and sprint swiftly, producing close contests with many photo finishes.
George Orwell once wrote with instant plausibility of "the English murder" as a distinct type, and the reason so many old ladies in Bethnal Green loved the Krays is to be found in the fact that those boys seemed both recognizable and perfectly respectful.
In the past, paper money was frequently regarded in the United States as a portion of the public debt, but in more recent years money has been regarded as a distinct type of obligation, in part because paper money is usually no longer payable in gold, silver, or other specific items of intrinsic value.
Dignāga also admits self-awareness (svasaṃvedana) as a distinct type of cognition, although there is some debate about whether this is to be interpreted as a type of perception (see §7.2 for a discussion of svasaṃvedana).
There is some dispute as to whether these constitute a distinct type of cancer or are merely a group of unusual squamous cell carcinomas and adenocarcinomas.
In fact, it can be applied to any type of object K, such that the criterion of identity for Ks can be thought of as an equivalence relation between a distinct type of object, K*s, but some such objects may intuitively be regarded as concrete.
However, the themes included data from studies that recruited bereaved parents whatever the cause of death and data from studies that recruited bereaved parents where the cause of death was of a distinct type such as neonatal death or SIDS.
In association with its host plants, T. calospora forms a distinct type of endomycorrhiza known as orchid-type mycorrhiza.
We agree with the result from the Skolnick group (24) that structure space knowledge is close to complete as far as distinct types of secondary structure packing are concerned.
