Tornus (gastropod)

Tornus is a genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae. This genus is represented in the fossil record, notably in the London Clay Formation.

Tornus
Tornus subcarinatus shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Tornidae
Genus:
Tornus

Turton & Kingston, 1830[1]
Synonyms

Adeorbis S. V. Wood, 1842

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 basiglabra
  • Tornus calianus (Dall, 1919)
  • Tornus cancellatus Adam & Knudsen, 1969
  • Tornus caraboboensis (Weisbord, 1962)
  • † Tornus dysporistus Lozouet, 1998
  • Tornus erici Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  • Tornus galaensis
  • Tornus garrawayi Adam & Knudsen, 1969
  • Tornus greyana
  • Tornus jullieni Adam & Knudsen, 1969
  • Tornus laevicarinatus
  • Tornus leloupi Adam & Knudsen, 1969
  • Tornus maoria (Powell, 1937)
  • Tornus mienisi van Aartsen, Carrozza & Menkhorst, 1998
  • 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 subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)
  • Tornus tornaticus Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995
  • Tornus umbilicorda Rolán & Rubio, 2002
Names brought to synonymy
  • Tornus fragilis Sars, 1878: synonym of Rugulina fragilis (Sars, 1878)
  • Tornus planus (A. Adams, 1850): synonym of Sigaretornus planus (A. Adams, 1850)
  • Tornus tornaticus Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995: synonym of Ponderinella tornatica (Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995) (original combination)

See also

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


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