Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Tornatina exilis (Dunker, 1860)

HKRMS taxon details

Tornatina exilis (Dunker, 1860)

AphiaID

701713 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:701713)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Tornatina A. Adams, 1850

Original name

Bulla exilis Dunker, 1860

Synonymised names

Acteocina exilis (Dunker, 1860) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Dunker, W. (1860). Neue japanische Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter. 6: 221-240. [Published Jan. 1860, see pages 209 & 225]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014319
page(s): 222 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tornatina exilis (Dunker, 1860). Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701713 on 2026-07-14

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Tornatina exilis (Dunker, 1860). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701713 on 2026-07-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-09-22 18:52:20Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-02-06 18:50:39Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2026-03-01 14:37:50Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

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original description (of ) Dunker, W. (1860). Neue japanische Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter. 6: 221-240. [Published Jan. 1860, see pages 209 & 225]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014319
page(s): 222 [details]

basis of record Marcus, Ev. (1977). On the genus Tornatina and related forms. The Journal of Molluscan Studies. 43, Suppl. 2: 1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065388 [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acteocina exilis (Dunker, 1860))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Acteocina exilis (Dunker, 1860))
To Malacopics (Acteocina exilis (Dunker, 1860) Taiwan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung N.P.) (from synonym Acteocina exilis (Dunker, 1860))

Unreviewed

To Malacopics (Acteocina exilis (Dunker, 1860) Taiwan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung N.P.)

Hosted externally, from synonym