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Tornus blesense

Gastropoda - Tornidae

Taxonomy
Tornus blesense was named by de Morgan (1920) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene; France.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. dysporistus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Tornus blesense de Morgan
1998Tornus blesense Lozouet

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyTornidaeSacco 1896
genusTornusTurton and Kingston 1830
speciesblesensede Morgan 1920

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.

†Tornus blesense de Morgan 1920
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available