African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Brookula gemmula (W. H. Turton, 1932)

AfReMaS name details

Brookula gemmula (W. H. Turton, 1932)

AphiaID

572169 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572169)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Benthobrookula gemmula (W. H. Turton, 1932)

Rank

Species

Parent

Brookula Iredale, 1912

Original name

Scalaria gemmula W. H. Turton, 1932

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 84, pl. 19, sp. 601. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Brookula gemmula (W. H. Turton, 1932). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572169 on 2026-05-13

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Brookula gemmula (W. H. Turton, 1932). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572169 on 2026-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-05-19 08:24:43Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2015-12-03 17:42:44Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-03-03 16:57:23Z

changed

Herbert, David

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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (0)

original description (of ) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 84, pl. 19, sp. 601. [details] Available for editors

additional source Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574
page(s): 180. [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality