WoRMS taxon details
Tornus W. Turton & Kingston, 1830
138559 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138559)
accepted
Genus
Helix subcarinata Montagu, 1803 accepted as Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803) (type by monotypy)
Adeorbis S. V. Wood, 1842 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Tornus (Adeorbis) S. V. Wood, 1842 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Tornus aemilii Rolán & Rubio, 2002
- Species Tornus africanus Adam & Knudsen, 1969
- Species Tornus anselmoi Rolán & Rubio, 2002
- Species Tornus atomus (Morelet, 1882)
- Species Tornus attenuatus Rolán & Rubio, 2002
- Species Tornus aupouria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937)
- Species Tornus axiotimus (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
- Species Tornus cancellatus Adam & Knudsen, 1969
- Species Tornus caraboboensis (Weisbord, 1962)
- Species Tornus carinatus (A. Adams, 1863)
- Species Tornus erici Rolán & Rubio, 2002
- Species Tornus garrawayi Adam & Knudsen, 1969
- Species Tornus jullieni Adam & Knudsen, 1969
- Species Tornus leloupi Adam & Knudsen, 1969
- Species Tornus maoria (A. W. B. Powell, 1937)
- Species Tornus mienisi van Aartsen, Carrozza & Menkhorst, 1998
- Species Tornus propinquus Rubio & Rolán, 2018
- Species Tornus rachelae Rolán & Rubio, 2002
- Species Tornus ryalli Rolán & Rubio, 2002
- Species Tornus schrammii (P. Fischer, 1857)
- Species Tornus subangulatus (A. Adams, 1863)
- Species Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Tornus trochulus (A. Adams, 1863)
- Species Tornus umbilicorda Rolán & Rubio, 2002
- Species Tornus clausus (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
- Species Tornus depressus (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
- Species Tornus nanulus (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent literature not established by editor)
- Species Tornus orbellus (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Tornus patruelis (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Tornus prominulus (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Tornus tenuiliratus (E. A. Smith, 1876) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Subgenus Tornus (Adeorbis) S. V. Wood, 1842 accepted as Tornus W. Turton & Kingston, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tornus antarcticus (Thiele, 1912) accepted as Tomthompsonia antarctica (Thiele, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tornus calianus (Dall, 1919) accepted as Pseudorbis caliana (Dall, 1919)
- Species Tornus fragilis (G. O. Sars, 1878) accepted as Rugulina fragilis (G. O. Sars, 1878)
- Species Tornus placens (Melvill & Standen, 1901) accepted as Cyclostrema placens (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
- Species Tornus planus (A. Adams, 1850) accepted as Sigaretornus planus (A. Adams, 1850)
- Species Tornus tornaticus Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995 accepted as Ponderinella tornatica (Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995) (original combination)
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. (2026). 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 2026-04-24
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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]
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
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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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Synonymy Tornus Turton & Kingston, 1830 takes priority over Adeorbis W. Wood, 1842 (see Iredale, 1914). [details]
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