Tornidae
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Tornidae is a family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Sorbeoconcha.
These small shells are thin, fragile, rather depressed, sculptured with spiral cords or keels, and widely umbilicated.
[edit] Genera in the family Tornidae
- Cochliolepis Stimpson, 1958
- Naricava Hedley, 1913
- Ponderinella
- Pseudoliotina
- Pygmaeorota
- Sigaretornus
- Tornus Turton and Kingston, 1830
[edit] References
- Tornidae (TSN 71065). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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