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Tornidae

Gastropoda - Tornidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Tornidae Sacco
1987Tornidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1988Tornidae Ponder and Warén p. 298
1997Tornidae Marquet p. 20
1998Tornidae Beesley p. 763
2002Tornidae Harzhauser p. 82
2005Tornidae Bouchet et al. p. 252
2013Tornidae Criscione and Ponder
2017Tornidae Bouchet et al. p. 346

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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
familyTornidaeSacco 1896

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.

Fm. Tornidae Sacco 1896
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G. Chamlongia Brandt 1968
G. †Macromphalina Cossmann 1888
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†Macromphalina hanseni Ward and Blackwelder 1987
G. Naricava Hedley 1913
G. †Otiomyllon Weisbord 1962
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†Otiomyllon venezuelanum Weisbord 1962
G. Scrupus Finlay 1926
Subfm. Teinostomatinae Cossmann 1917
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G. †Sigaretornus Iredale 1936
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]
Subfm. Vitrinellinae Bush 1897
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G. Cochliolepis Stimpson 1858
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Subg. †Cochliolepis (Tylaxis) Pilsbry 1953
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Invalid names: Cochliolepis nautiliformis Holmes 1859 [synonym]
†Cochliolepis parasitius Stimpson 1857
†Cochliolepis striata Dall 1889
Cochliolepis surensis Farinati 1985
G. Teinostoma Adams and Adams 1853
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Subg. †Teinostoma (Aepystoma) Woodring 1957
Subg. †Teinostoma (Diaerecallus) Woodring 1957
Subg. Teinostoma (Ellipetylus) Pilsbry and McGinty 1945
Subg. Teinostoma (Esmeralda) Pilsbry and Olsson 1952
Subg. †Teinostoma (Eutinochilus) Cossmann 1918
Subg. Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) Fischer 1857
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Pseudorotella carinicallus Pilsbry and McGinty 1946
Pseudorotella cocolitoris Pilsbry and McGinty 1945
†Pseudorotella lens Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Subg. †Teinostoma (Teinostoma) Adams and Adams 1853
Teinostoma altum Pilsbry 1953
Teinostoma avunculus Pilsbry 1953
†Teinostoma beaufortensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Invalid names: Teinostoma obtectum Pilsbry and McGinty 1945 [synonym]
†Teinostoma calvertense Martin 1904
†Teinostoma carinatum d'Orbigny 1911
†Teinostoma ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
†Teinostoma exoleta Anderson and Hanna 1925
Teinostoma goniogyrus Pilsbry and McGinty 1945
†Teinostoma intercallosum Gougerot 1968
†Teinostoma ledoni Schnetler 2001
†Teinostoma macrostoma Stoliczka 1861
†Teinostoma monta Hanna 1927
†Teinostoma moodiense Harris and Palmer 1947
†Teinostoma nana Lea 1833
Teinostoma parvicallum Pilsbry and McGinty 1945
†Teinostoma profunda Anderson and Hanna 1925
†Teinostoma squiresi Perrilliat 2013
†Teinostoma texanum Palmer 1937
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Invalid names: Rotella cryptospira Verrill 1884 [synonym]
Subg. †Tinostoma (Megatyloma) Cossmann 1888
Invalid names: Circulinae Fretter and Graham 1962 [empty], Torninae Sacco 1896 [empty]
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 Pliensbachian to the top of the Holocene or 189.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 183.0 Ma

Collections (282 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Italy (Messina) Teinostoma macrostoma (173593)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Turkey Crossostoma macrostoma (158460 200773)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Tornus planocarinatus, Teinostoma prenanum (7456)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Teinostoma prenanum (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Teinostoma prenanum (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Teinostoma sp. (4531 205541)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Teinostoma sp. (4275 4276)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Teinostoma sp. (4312)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Teinostoma prenanum (4121)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Teinostoma sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Teinostoma regularis (205466) Teinostoma sp. (98701)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Maryland) Teinostoma barryi (83135)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Teinostoma bilabratum, Teinostoma briarti, Teinostoma montensis (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Teinostoma sp. (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Teinostoma glaberrimum, Sigaretornus sp. (176994)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Puerto Rico Teinostoma sp. (87547)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) Teinostoma eoa (98743 109592)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Texas) Teinostoma sp. (84651)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Texas) Cochliolepis palaeocenica (178129)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Teinostoma ledoni (35263 35266)