North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

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

Helix subcarinata Montagu, 1803 accepted as Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803) (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Tornidae Sacco, 1896 (1884)

Parent

Tornidae Sacco, 1896 (1884)

Original name

Tornus W. Turton & Kingston, 1830

Synonymised names

Adeorbis S. V. Wood, 1842 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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Species Tornus mienisi van Aartsen, Carrozza & Menkhorst, 1998
Species Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)
Species Tornus fragilis (G. O. Sars, 1878) accepted as Rugulina fragilis (G. O. Sars, 1878)

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: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138559 on 2026-01-17

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Tornus W. Turton & Kingston, 1830. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138559 on 2026-01-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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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]

original description (of Adeorbis S. V. Wood, 1842) Wood, S.V. (1842). A catalog of shells from the Crag. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 9: 455-462; 527-544, pl. 5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2312928
page(s): 530 [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