Tornidae is a family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. This family used to be known as the Vitrinellidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Tornidae Sacco, 1896 (1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124 on 2014-12-03 Iredale has shown that the family Adeorbidae Monterosato, 1884 should be called Tornidae (Iredale, Journal of Conchology, 14, 344)
Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a family-group name was replaced before 1961 because of the synonymy of the type genus, the replacement name is to be maintained if it is in prevailing usage. A name maintained by virtue of this Article retains its own author [and date, the first date cited] but takes the priority of the replaced name [the date cited in parentheses, here alluding to Adeorbidae Monterosato, 1884]
General characteristics The shells of the snails in this family are minute, colorless and glassy.
The paucispiral shell is umbilicated, auriform and depressed. The entire aperture is oblique. The shell has a simple columella, and a rounded, sharp outer lip. The corneous operculum is paucispiral, and has an eccentric nucleus.
The body of the animal differs from species in the family Trochidae by having no cirriform appendages of the foot.George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. X, p.13; 1888-1889 The radula is taenioglossate. (Thiele, 1925)
Subfamilies The following subfamilies were recognized in the 2005 taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi, but have now become alternate representations: Circulinae Fretter & Graham, 1962 Torninae Sacco, 1896 (1884) Teinostomatinae Cossmann, 1917 (upgraded in 2021 to family level Teinostomatidae Cossmann, 1917) Vitrinellinae Bush, 1897
Genera Genera in the family Tornidae include: † Adeorbella Briart & Cornet, 1887 Anticlimax Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946 Aorotrema Schwengel & McGinty, 1942 Canimarina Aguayo & Borro, 1946: synonym of Anticlimax Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946 † Cantaurea Landau, da Silva & Heitz, 2016 Caperella Laseron, 1958 Circlotoma Laseron, 1958 Circuitus Rubio & Rolán, 2017 Circulter Laseron, 1958 Cochliolepis Stimpson, 1958 Cyclostremiscus Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945 Discopsis de Folin, 1870 Discreliotia Laseron, 1958 Elachorbis Iredale, 1914 Episcynia Mörch, 1875 Esmeralda Pilsbry & Olsson, 1952 Laciniorbis Martens, 1897 Lophocochlias Pilsbry, 1921 Lydiphnis Melvill, 1906 † Megatyloma Cossmann, 1888 Moeniatoma Laseron, 1958 Neusas Warén & Bouchet, 2001 Ovini Simone, 2013 Panastoma Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945 Parviturboides Pilsbry & McGinty, 1949 Peripitoma Laseron, 1958 Pleuromalaxis Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945 † Pterolabrella Maxwell, 1969 Pygmaeorota Kuroda & Habe, 1954 Scissilabra Bartsch, 1907 Scrupus Finlay, 1927 Sigaretornus Iredale, 1936 Solariorbis Conrad, 1865 Tholostoma Laseron, 1958 Tornus Turton & Kingston, 1830 Tuberes Rubio & Rolán, 2017 Uzumakiella Habe, 1958 Vitridomus Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945 Vitrinorbis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1952 Woodringilla Pilsbry & Olsson, 1951 Genera brought into synonymy Adeorbis S.V. Wood, 1842: synonym of Tornus Turton & Kingston, 1830 Climacia Dall, 1903: synonym of Anticlimax Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946 Climacina Aguayo & Borro, 1946: synonym of Anticlimax Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946 Liochrysta Laseron, 1958: synonym of Pseudoliotia Tate, 1898 Lioprora Laseron, 1958: synonym of Canimarina Aguayo & Borro, 1946 Miralabrum Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945: synonym of Cyclostremiscus Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945 Ponocyclus Pilsbry, 1953: synonym of Cyclostremiscus Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945 Pygmaerota Kuroda & Habe, 1952: synonym of Pygmaeorota Kuroda & Habe, 1954 Soyorota Habe, 1961: synonym of Circulus Jeffreys, 1865 Alternate representations Subfamily Circulinae Fretter & Graham, 1962 Subfamily Torninae Sacco, 1896 (1884) Subfamily Vitrinellinae Bush, 1897
References
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