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genus

Tornus Turton & Kingston, 1830

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Littorinimorpha » family Tornidae

Scientific synonyms

Adeorbis S. V. Wood, 1842

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Description

Shell of small size (2-3 mm), solid, usually depressed, spire with 3-4 whorls. Protoconch smooth, between 1-2 whorls (most frequently 1,75), not elevated. Teleoconch with strong spiral cords crossed by strong axial ribs. External lip crenulated. Aperture subtrigonal. Operculum ovoid, paucispiral and chitinous. According to FRETTER & GRAHAM (1978) and GOFAS, PINTO AFONSO & BRAND AO (1985), the true Tornus live deeply buried in sand under stones, but they need clean sand through which the water circulates and allows good oxygenation.

Rolan, E & Rubio, F., 2002. The family Tornidae in the East Atlantic.

Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 45

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 (N.E. Weisbord, 1962)

species Tornus carinatus (Adams, 1863)

species Tornus clausus A. Adams, 1861

species Tornus declivis (Thiele, 1925)

species Tornus depressus A. Adams, 1861

species Tornus erici Rolán & Rubio, 2002

species Tornus garrawayi Adam & Knudsen, 1969

species Tornus imperspicuus T. A. di Monterosato, 1875

species Tornus japonicus A. Adams, 1861

species Tornus jullieni Adam & Knudsen, 1969

species Tornus leloupi Adam & Knudsen, 1969

species Tornus maoria (Powell, 1937)

species Tornus mienisi (Van Aartsen, Carrozza & Menkhorst, 1998)

species Tornus nanulus A. Adams, 1861 ^inq.

species Tornus orbellus A. Adams, 1861

species Tornus patruelis A. Adams, 1861

species Tornus prominulus A. Adams, 1861

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 seguenzianus G. W. Tryon, 1887

species Tornus subangulatus A. Adams, 1863

species Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)

species Tornus supranitidus S. Wood, 1842

species Tornus tenuiliratus (E. A. Smith, 1876) ^inq.

species Tornus trochiformis E. A. A. Locard, 1886

species Tornus trochulus A. Adams, 1863

species Tornus umbilicatus E. A. A. Locard, 1898

species Tornus umbilicorda Rolán & Rubio, 2002

Fossil taxa

species Tornus aquitanicus Lozouet, 1998 ^†

species Tornus dysporistus Lozouet, 1998 ^†

species Tornus excalliferus (Sacco, 1896) ^†

species Tornus pedemontanus Pavia, 1980 ^†

species Tornus primitivus Moroni & Ruggieri, 1985 ^†

species Tornus sinuosus Lozouet, 1998 ^†

species Tornus superlatus Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018 ^†

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1443708]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Tornus Turton & Kingston, 1830]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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