WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Tornatina knockeri E. A. Smith, 1872) Smith, E. A. (1872). A list of species of shells from West Africa, with descriptions of those hitherto undescribed. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1871: 727–739, pl. 75., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554665 page(s): 738, pl. 75, fig. 30. [details]
original description
(of Tornatina hemipleura Fontannes, 1880 †) Fontannes F. (1879-1880). <i>Les invertébrés du bassin tertiaire du Sud-Est de la France. Les mollusques pliocènes de la vallée du Rhône et du Roussillon</i>. Tome premier. Gastéropodes. Lyon: Georg; Paris: F. Savy. 276 pp., 12 pl. [1-76: March 1879; 77-168: February 1880; 169-268: June 1880]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13132809 page(s): 237-238, pl. 12, fig. 14 [details]
basis of record
Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Otheradditional source
Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : A single shell collected. Unsubstantiated record - may have been confused with the similar Indo-Pacific Acteocina mucronata (Philippi, 1849). [details]
Introduced species remark In Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Not recorded since 1989 [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Unknown Invaded from Western Atlantic [details]
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