Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Truncatelloidea > Family Tornidae

Tornus W. Turton & Kingston, 1830

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Adeorbis*	S. V. Wood, 1842	synonym

Children

Tornus mienisi van Aartsen, Carrozza & Menkhorst, 1998
Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)

Literature

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.
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.
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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tornus W. Turton & Kingston, 1830. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138559