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''Tornus'' is a
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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
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Tornidae Tornidae is a family (biology), family of very small and minute sea snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. This family used to be known as the Vitrinellidae.Bouchet ...
.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tornus W. Turton & Kingston, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138559 on 2022-10-06 This genus is represented in the fossil record, notably in the
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Species

Species in the genus ''Tornus'' include: * '' Tornus aemilii'' Rolán & Rubio, 2002 * '' Tornus africanus'' Adam & Knudsen, 1969 * '' Tornus anselmoi'' Rolán & Rubio, 2002 * †'' Tornus aquitanicus'' Lozouet, 1998 * '' Tornus atomus'' (Morelet, 1882) * '' Tornus attenuatus'' Rolán & Rubio, 2002 * '' Tornus aupouria'' (Powell, 1937) * '' Tornus axiotimus'' (Melvill & Standen, 1903) * '' Tornus calianus'' (Dall, 1919) * '' Tornus cancellatus'' Adam & Knudsen, 1969 * '' Tornus caraboboensis'' (Weisbord, 1962) * '' Tornus carinatus'' (A. Adams, 1863) * † '' Tornus dysporistus'' Lozouet, 1998 * '' Tornus erici'' Rolán & Rubio, 2002 * '' Tornus galaensis'' M. Fekih & L. Gougerot, 1975 * '' Tornus garrawayi'' Adam & Knudsen, 1969 * '' Tornus greyana'' (J.T.C. Ratzeburg, 1848) * '' Tornus jullieni'' Adam & Knudsen, 1969 * '' Tornus laevicarinatus'' Hansson, 1985 * '' Tornus leloupi'' Adam & Knudsen, 1969 * '' Tornus maoria'' (Powell, 1937) * '' Tornus mienisi'' van Aartsen, Carrozza & Menkhorst, 1998 * † '' Tornus pedemontanus'' Pavia, 1980 * † '' Tornus primitivus'' Moroni & Ruggieri, 1985 * '' Tornus propinquus'' Rubio & Rolán, 2018 * '' Tornus propinquus'' Rubio & Rolán, 2018 * '' Tornus rachelae'' Rolán & Rubio, 2002 * '' Tornus ryalli'' Rolán & Rubio, 2002 * '' Tornus schrammii'' (P. Fischer, 1857) * †'' Tornus sinuosus'' Lozouet, 1998 * '' Tornus subangulatus'' (A. Adams, 1863) * '' Tornus subcarinatus'' (Montagu, 1803) * † '' Tornus superlatus'' Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018 * '' Tornus trochulus'' (A. Adams, 1863) * '' Tornus umbilicorda'' Rolán & Rubio, 2002 ; Names brought to synonymy: * † ''Tornus basiglabra'' M. Fekih & L. Gougerot, 1975: synonym of † ''Tornus pedemontanus'' Pavia, 1980 * † ''Tornus canui'' de Morgan, 1920: synonym of † '' Discopsis canui'' (de Morgan, 1920) (original combination) * † ''Tornus dollfusi'' Cossmann, 1918: synonym of † ''Tornus subcarinatus'' (Montagu, 1803) * † ''Tornus falunicus'' de Morgan, 1920: synonym of † '' Discopsis falunica'' (de Morgan, 1920) (original combination) * ''Tornus fragilis'' Sars, 1878: synonym of '' Rugulina fragilis'' (Sars, 1878) * † ''Tornus canui'' de Morgan, 1920: synonym of † '' Discopsis canui'' (de Morgan, 1920) (original combination) * † ''Tornus dollfusi'' Cossmann, 1918 : synonym of † ''Tornus subcarinatus'' (Montagu, 1803) * † ''Tornus falunicus'' de Morgan, 1920 : synonym of † '' Discopsis falunica'' (de Morgan, 1920) (original combination) * ''Tornus planus'' (A. Adams, 1850): synonym of '' Sigaretornus planus'' (A. Adams, 1850) * † Tornus pontileviensis de Morgan, 1920: synonym of † '' Discopsis pontileviensis'' (de Morgan, 1920) (original combination) * † ''Tornus praecursor'' (Tate, 1873): synonym of † '' Valvata praecursor'' Tate, 1873 ( superseded combination) * † ''Tornus subcirculus'' Cossmann & Peyrot, 1917: synonym of † '' Circulus subcirculus'' (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1917) (original combination) * ''Tornus tornaticus'' Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995: synonym of '' Ponderinella tornatica'' (Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995) (original combination)


See also

* List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record


References

* Adam, W.; Knudsen, J. (1969). Quelques genres de mollusques prosobranches marins ou peu connus de l'Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 44(27): 1-69 * Rolán E. & Rubio F. (2002). The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the East Atlantic. Reseñas Malacologicas. 13 (Suplemento), 98 pp. Sociedad Española de Malacología. * Rubio, F.; Fernández-Garcés, R.; Rolán, E. (2011). The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the Caribbean and neighboring areas. Iberus. 29(2), 1-230 * Rubio & Rolán, (2018), Nine new molluscs (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea: Tornidae: Vitrinellidae)from the Tropical Indo-Pacific; NOVAPEX 19(1): 1-20, 10 March 2018


External links


Turton W. & Kingston J.F. 1830. The natural history of the District. In: N.T. Carrington, The Teignmouth, Dawlish and Torquay Guide, 2
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