Tornus (gastropod)

Tornus
Tornus subcarinatus shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Tornidae
Genus:	Tornus Turton & Kingston, 1830
Synonyms
Adeorbis S. V. Wood, 1842

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)

See also

• List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record
• List of molluscan genera represented in the fossil record