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Tornus

Gastropoda - Tornidae

Taxonomy
Tornus was named by Turton and Kingston (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cyclostrematidae by Harris and Palmer (1947); to Vitrinellidae by Wienrich (2001); to Tornidae by Marquet (1997), Lozouet (1998), Harzhauser (2002); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Tornus Turton and Kingston
1859Odeospis Carpenter
1947Tornus Harris and Palmer p. 230
1997Tornus Marquet p. 20
1998Tornus Lozouet p. 84
2001Tornus Wienrich p. 404
2002Tornus Harzhauser p. 82
2002Tornus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyTornidaeSacco 1896
genusTornusTurton and Kingston 1830

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tornus Turton and Kingston 1830
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Subg. Tornus (Tornus) Turton and Kingston 1830
†Tornus aquitanicus Lozouet 1998
†Tornus basiglabra Fekih and Gougerot 1975
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Invalid names: Tornus pedemontanus Pavia 1980 [synonym]
†Tornus belgicus Glibert 1949
†Tornus blesense de Morgan 1920
†Tornus dolfusi Cossmann 1918
†Tornus dysoristus Lozouet 1998
†Tornus infraplicatus Johnson 1899
†Tornus kuemeli Harzhauser 2002
†Tornus sinuosus Lozouet 1998
Tornus subcarinatus Lozouet 1998
†Tornus varius Baluk 1975
Invalid names: Odeospis Carpenter 1859 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 83.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) T. planocarinatus (7456)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain T. sp. (75397)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) T. lucidus (3261)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) T. infraplicatus (205476)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) T. infraplicatus (2437 90704 92393 164232)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) T. infraplicatus (2454)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) T. infraplicatus (5500)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France T. sinuosus (74860)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) T. dysporistus, T. aquitanicus (74865)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France T. aquitanicus (74863)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria T. kuemeli (77622 77623 77625) T. kumeli (77624)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) T. trigonostoma (62899)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy T. sp. 1 (178108)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France T. aquitanicus (74867) T. dysporistus (74869)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria T. trigonostoma (77402)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Centre) T. canui, T. subcarinatus (179581)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) T. trigonostoma (61896 61902 61903)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) T. parvillimus (38823)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) T. sp. (37367)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Italy T. subcarinatus (207782)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) T. sp. (122994)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy T. sp. (78337)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium (Antwerp) T. belgicus (179597)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium T. belgicus (76984)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium T. belgicus (76983)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy T. miotaurinensis (178457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) T. supranitidus (98107)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands T. subcarinatus (98205)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia T. sp. (194003)