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Tornus placens (Melvill & Standen, 1901)

1471712  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1471712)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
  8. Tornidae (Family)
  9. Tornus (Genus)
  10. Tornus placens (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Adeorbis placens Melvill & Standen, 1901) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (2): 327-460., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888798
page(s): 373, pl. 22, fig. 15 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Not a Tornus species, but species not documented in recent literature. Should be compared with Dikoleps micalii Agamennone...  
Taxonomic remark Not a Tornus species, but species not documented in recent literature. Should be compared with Dikoleps micalii Agamennone et al., 2020 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tornus placens (Melvill & Standen, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1471712 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature

original description (of Adeorbis placens Melvill & Standen, 1901) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (2): 327-460., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888798
page(s): 373, pl. 22, fig. 15 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Taxonomic remark Not a Tornus species, but species not documented in recent literature. Should be compared with Dikoleps micalii Agamennone et al., 2020 [details]

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