Tornus
Shell of Tornus propinquus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Tornidae
Genus: Tornus
Turton & Kingston, 1830[1]
Type species
Helix subcarinata Montagu, 1803
Synonyms[2]

Adeorbis S. V. Wood, 1842

Tornus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae.[2]

This genus is represented in the fossil record, notably in the London Clay Formation.

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 calianus (Dall, 1919)
  • Tornus cancellatus Adam & Knudsen, 1969
  • Tornus caraboboensis (Weisbord, 1962)
  • Tornus carinatus (A. Adams, 1863)
  • Tornus dysporistus Lozouet, 1998
  • Tornus erici Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  • Tornus galaensis M. Fekih & L. Gougerot, 1975
  • Tornus garrawayi Adam & Knudsen, 1969
  • Tornus greyana (J.T.C. Ratzeburg, 1848)
  • Tornus jullieni Adam & Knudsen, 1969
  • Tornus laevicarinatus Hansson, 1985
  • Tornus leloupi Adam & Knudsen, 1969
  • Tornus maoria (Powell, 1937)
  • Tornus mienisi van Aartsen, Carrozza & Menkhorst, 1998
  • Tornus pedemontanus Pavia, 1980
  • Tornus primitivus Moroni & Ruggieri, 1985
  • Tornus propinquus Rubio & Rolán, 2018
  • 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 subangulatus (A. Adams, 1863)
  • Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)
  • Tornus superlatus Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
  • Tornus trochulus (A. Adams, 1863)
  • Tornus umbilicorda Rolán & Rubio, 2002
Names brought to synonymy
  • Tornus basiglabra M. Fekih & L. Gougerot, 1975: synonym of † Tornus pedemontanus Pavia, 1980
  • Tornus canui de Morgan, 1920: synonym of † Discopsis canui (de Morgan, 1920) (original combination)
  • Tornus dollfusi Cossmann, 1918: synonym of † Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)
  • Tornus falunicus de Morgan, 1920: synonym of † Discopsis falunica (de Morgan, 1920) (original combination)
  • Tornus fragilis Sars, 1878: synonym of Rugulina fragilis (Sars, 1878)
  • Tornus canui de Morgan, 1920: synonym of † Discopsis canui (de Morgan, 1920) (original combination)
  • Tornus dollfusi Cossmann, 1918 : synonym of † Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)
  • Tornus falunicus de Morgan, 1920 : synonym of † Discopsis falunica (de Morgan, 1920) (original combination)
  • Tornus planus (A. Adams, 1850): synonym of Sigaretornus planus (A. Adams, 1850)
  • † Tornus pontileviensis de Morgan, 1920: synonym of † Discopsis pontileviensis (de Morgan, 1920) (original combination)
  • Tornus praecursor (Tate, 1873): synonym of † Valvata praecursor Tate, 1873 ( superseded combination)
  • Tornus subcirculus Cossmann & Peyrot, 1917: synonym of † Circulus subcirculus (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1917) (original combination)
  • 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.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). 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 2022-10-06
  • 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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