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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
SuperOrdo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
SubOrdo: Helicina
InfraOrdo: Pupilloidei
Superfamilia: Pupilloidea

Familia: Achatinellidae
Genus: Tornatellinops
Species: T. iredalei – T. novoseelandica

Tornatellinops is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusk, or micromollusks in the family Achatinellidae.
Distribution

This genus is endemic to islands of the South Pacific.
Species

Species within the genus Tornatellinops include:

Tornatellinops inconspicua (Brazier, 1872)
Tornatellinops iredalei (Pilsbry & Cooke, 1915)
Tornatellinops jacksonensis (Cox, 1864)
Tornatellinops lidgbirdensis (Iredale, 1944)
Tornatellinops mastersi (Brazier, 1876)
Tornatellinops moluccana Boettger, 1891
Tornatellinops moohuensis (Preston, 1913)
Tornatellinops nepeanensis (Preston, 1913)
Tornatellinops norfolkensis (Preston, 1913)
Tornatellinops novoseelandicus (Küster, 1852)
Tornatellinops ponapensis
Tornatellinops pressus Iredale, 1940

References

Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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NZ Molluscan Checklist
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