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Tornus W. Turton & Kingston, 1830

Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)Specimen from Salakta, Tunisia, actual size 1.5 mm.
Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)
Specimen from Salakta, Tunisia, actual size 1.5 mm.

138559  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138559)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
  8. Tornidae (Family)
  9. Tornus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Adeorbis S. V. Wood, 1842 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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  1. Species Tornus aemilii Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  2. Species Tornus africanus Adam & Knudsen, 1969
  3. Species Tornus anselmoi Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  4. Species Tornus atomus (Morelet, 1882)
  5. Species Tornus attenuatus Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  6. Species Tornus aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937)
  7. Species Tornus axiotimus (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
  8. Species Tornus cancellatus Adam & Knudsen, 1969
  9. Species Tornus caraboboensis (Weisbord, 1962)
  10. Species Tornus carinatus (A. Adams, 1863)
  11. Species Tornus erici Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  12. Species Tornus garrawayi Adam & Knudsen, 1969
  13. Species Tornus jullieni Adam & Knudsen, 1969
  14. Species Tornus leloupi Adam & Knudsen, 1969
  15. Species Tornus maoria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937)
  16. Species Tornus mienisi van Aartsen, Carrozza & Menkhorst, 1998
  17. Species Tornus propinquus Rubio & Rolán, 2018
  18. Species Tornus rachelae Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  19. Species Tornus ryalli Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  20. Species Tornus schrammii (P. Fischer, 1857)
  21. Species Tornus subangulatus (A. Adams, 1863)
  22. Species Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)
  23. Species Tornus trochulus (A. Adams, 1863)
  24. Species Tornus umbilicorda Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  25. Species Tornus antarcticus (Thiele, 1912) accepted as Tomthompsonia antarctica (Thiele, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  26. Species Tornus calianus (Dall, 1919) accepted as Pseudorbis caliana (Dall, 1919)
  27. Species Tornus fragilis (G. O. Sars, 1878) accepted as Rugulina fragilis (G. O. Sars, 1878)
  28. Species Tornus placens (Melvill & Standen, 1901) accepted as Cyclostrema placens (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
  29. Species Tornus planus (A. Adams, 1850) accepted as Sigaretornus planus (A. Adams, 1850)
  30. Species Tornus tornaticus Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995 accepted as Ponderinella tornatica (Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995) (original combination)
  31. Species Tornus clausus (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
  32. Species Tornus depressus (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
  33. Species Tornus nanulus (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent literature not established by editor)
  34. Species Tornus orbellus (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > unassessed)
  35. Species Tornus patruelis (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > unassessed)
  36. Species Tornus prominulus (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > unassessed)
  37. Species Tornus tenuiliratus (E. A. Smith, 1876) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine
Turton, W. & Kingston, J. F. (1830). The natural history of the District. <i>In</i>: N. T. Carrington, The Teignmouth, Dawlish and Torquay Guide, 2. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45769 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). 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 2025-07-16
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2011-12-18 06:24:30Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-03-13 13:49:41Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2022-09-23 18:20:20Z
changed
Vos, Chris

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Nomenclature

original description Turton, W. & Kingston, J. F. (1830). The natural history of the District. <i>In</i>: N. T. Carrington, The Teignmouth, Dawlish and Torquay Guide, 2. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45769 [details] 

original description (of Adeorbis S. V. Wood, 1842) Wood, S.V. (1842). A catalog of shells from the Crag. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 9: 455-462; 527-544, pl. 5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2312928
page(s): 530 [details] 

Other

additional source Adam, W. & Knudsen, J. (1969). Quelques genres de mollusques prosobranches marins ou peu connus de l'Afrique occidentale. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.</em> 44 (27): 1-69., available online at http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=ref&refid=2123&printversion=1&dropIMIStitle=1 [details] 

additional source Rolán E. & Rubio F. (2002). The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the East Atlantic. <em>Reseñas Malacologicas.</em> 13 (Suplemento), 98 pp. Sociedad Española de Malacología., available online at https://zenodo.org/record/7903280 [details] 

additional source Rubio, F.; Fernández-Garcés, R.; Rolán, E. (2011). The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the Caribbean and neighboring areas. <em>Iberus.</em> 29(2): 1-230., available online at https://zenodo.org/record/4554437 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Synonymy Tornus Turton & Kingston, 1830 takes priority over Adeorbis W. Wood, 1842 (see Iredale, 1914). [details]
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