WoRMS taxon details
Tornus Turton & Kingston, 1830
AphiaID: 138559
AphiaID: 138559
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Truncatelloidea (Superfamily) > Tornidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Helix subcarinata Montagu, 1803 (type by monotypy) | ||||||||||
| Parent | Tornidae Sacco, 1896 (1884) | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Adeorbis S. V. Wood, 1842 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Tornus) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: 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 [details] additional source: Rolán E. & Rubio F. 2002. The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the East Atlantic. Resenas Malacologicas 13 (Suplemento), 98 pp. Sociedad Española de Malacología. [details] additional source: Rubio F., Fernández-Garcés R. & Rolán E. (2011) The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the Caribbean and neighboring areas. Iberus 29(2): 1-230. [December 2011] [details] from synonym: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Tornus aemilii Rolán & Rubio, 2002 Species Tornus africanus Adam & Knudsen, 1969 Species Tornus anselmoi Rolán & Rubio, 2002 Species Tornus attenuatus Rolán & Rubio, 2002 Species Tornus aupouria (Powell, 1937) Species Tornus calianus (Dall, 1919) Species Tornus cancellatus Adam & Knudsen, 1969 Species Tornus caraboboensis (Weisbord, 1962) 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 (Powell, 1937) Species Tornus mienisi van Aartsen, Carrozza & Menkhorst, 1998 Species Tornus rachelae Rolán & Rubio, 2002 Species Tornus ryalli Rolán & Rubio, 2002 Species Tornus schrammii (P. Fischer, 1857) Species Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803) Species Tornus tornaticus Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995 Species Tornus umbilicorda Rolán & Rubio, 2002 Species Tornus fragilis Sars, 1878 accepted as Rugulina fragilis (Sars, 1878) Species Tornus planus (A. Adams, 1850) accepted as Sigaretornus planus (A. Adams, 1850) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Ambrizete [details] | ||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Synonymy: Tornus Turton & Kingston, 1830 takes priority over Adeorbis W. Wood, 1842 (see Iredale, 1914). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138559 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Tornus Turton & Kingston, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138559 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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