Tornus (gastropod)
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Tornus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae.[2]
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Tornus | |
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Shell of Tornus propinquus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
Family: | Tornidae |
Genus: | Tornus Turton & Kingston, 1830[1] |
Type species | |
Helix subcarinata Montagu, 1803 | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Adeorbis S. V. Wood, 1842 |
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This genus is represented in the fossil record, notably in the London Clay Formation.