Tornus Turton and Kingston 1830 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae

Synonym: Odeospis Carpenter 1859

Parent taxon: Tornidae according to M. Harzhauser 2002

See also Global Biodiversity Information Facility 2015, Harris and Palmer 1947, Lozouet 1998, Marquet 1997, Sepkoski 2002 and Wienrich 2001

Sister taxa: Chamlongia, Circulinae, Macromphalina, Naricava, Otiomyllon, Scrupus, Teinostomatinae, Torninae, Vitrinellinae

Subtaxa: Tornus (Tornus) Tornus aquitanicus Tornus basiglabra Tornus belgicus Tornus blesense Tornus dolfusi Tornus dysoristus Tornus infraplicatus Tornus kuemeli Tornus sinuosus Tornus subcarinatus Tornus varius

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Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Quaternary of French Polynesia (1 collection), Italy (1), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Greece (1), Italy (1)

• Miocene of Austria (5), Belgium (1), France (5), Germany (4), Italy (3), Poland (1)

• Oligocene of France (1), United States (1: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: Mississippi)

Total: 39 collections including 41 occurrences

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