African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Torinia J. E. Gray, 1842

AphiaID

204848 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204848)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (name supressed (Opinion 2185, ICZN))

Accepted name

Heliacus A. d'Orbigny, 1842

Rank

Genus

Parent

Architectonicidae J. E. Gray, 1850

Original name

Torinia J. E. Gray, 1842

Direct children (3)

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Species Torinia dorsuosa auct. accepted as Heliacus (Torinista) implexus (Mighels, 1845) represented as Heliacus implexus (Mighels, 1845)
Species Torinia malani Dautzenberg, 1910 accepted as Heliacus malani (Dautzenberg, 1910) (original combination)
Species Torinia variegata (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Heliacus (Heliacus) variegatus (Gmelin, 1791) represented as Heliacus variegatus (Gmelin, 1791)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Torinia J. E. Gray, 1842. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204848 on 2025-09-13

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Torinia J. E. Gray, 1842. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204848 on 2025-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-11-08 14:59:13Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-11-04 16:16:35Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

2011-11-18 15:51:37Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

2012-09-18 18:41:56Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

2021-12-03 03:42:47Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (0)

additional 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]

additional source Bieler, R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. NF.</em> 30: 1-376.
page(s): 183 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality