OCEAN-UKRAINE - Tornus W. Turton & Kingston, 1830

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Tornus W. Turton & Kingston, 1830

Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)
Specimen from Salakta, Tunisia, actual size 1.5 mm.

AphiaID

138559 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138559)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Tornidae Sacco, 1896 (1884)

Parent

Tornidae Sacco, 1896 (1884)

Original name

Tornus W. Turton & Kingston, 1830

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Species Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)

Environment

marine

Original description

Turton, W. & Kingston, J. F. (1830). The natural history of the District. In: N. T. Carrington, The Teignmouth, Dawlish and Torquay Guide, 2. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45769 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tornus W. Turton & Kingston, 1830. Accessed through: Sergeyeva, O. (2025) Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138559 on 2026-08-13

Regional species database citation

Sergeyeva, O. (2026). Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema. Tornus W. Turton & Kingston, 1830. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/projects/ocean-ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138559 on 2026-08-13

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2011-12-18 06:24:30Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-03-13 13:49:41Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2022-09-23 18:20:20Z

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Vos, Chris

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original description Turton, W. & Kingston, J. F. (1830). The natural history of the District. In: N. T. Carrington, The Teignmouth, Dawlish and Torquay Guide, 2. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45769 [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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=ref&refid=2123&printversion=1&dropIMIStitle=1 [details]

additional source Rolán E. & Rubio F. (2002). The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the East Atlantic. Reseñas Malacologicas. 13 (Suplemento), 98 pp. Sociedad Española de Malacología., available online at https://zenodo.org/record/7903280 [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., available online at https://zenodo.org/record/4554437 [details] Available for editors