Tornus (gastropod)

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Tornidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Rissooidea Rank Genus
Similar Tornidae, Cingula, Vitrinella, Cerithiopsis, Jujubinus

Tornus is a genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae. 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 attenuatus Rolán & Rubio, 2002

Tornus aupouria (Powell, 1937)

Tornus axiotimus (Melvill & Standen, 1903)

Tornus basiglabra

Tornus calianus (Dall, 1919)

Tornus cancellatus Adam & Knudsen, 1969

Tornus caraboboensis (Weisbord, 1962)

Tornus erici Rolán & Rubio, 2002

Tornus galaensis

Tornus garrawayi Adam & Knudsen, 1969

Tornus greyana

Tornus jullieni Adam & Knudsen, 1969

Tornus laevicarinatus

Tornus leloupi Adam & Knudsen, 1969

Tornus maoria (Powell, 1937)

Tornus mienisi van Aartsen, Carrozza & Menkhorst, 1998

Tornus rachelae Rolán & Rubio, 2002

Tornus ryalli Rolán & Rubio, 2002

Tornus schrammii (P. Fischer, 1857)

Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)

Tornus tornaticus Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995

Tornus umbilicorda Rolán & Rubio, 2002

Names brought to synonymy

Tornus fragilis Sars, 1878: synonym of Rugulina fragilis (Sars, 1878)

Tornus planus (A. Adams, 1850): synonym of Sigaretornus planus (A. Adams, 1850)

References

Tornus (gastropod) Wikipedia

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