Tornus (gastropod)

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

Tornus
Shell of Tornus propinquus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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

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

• List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record