African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Rimulanax Iredale, 1924

AphiaID

865084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:865084)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Puncturella (Cranopsis) A. Adams, 1860 accepted as Puncturella R. T. Lowe, 1827

Rank

Genus

Parent

Emarginulinae Children, 1834

Original name

Rimulanax Iredale, 1924

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Species Rimulanax aethiopica (E. von Martens, 1902) accepted as Puncturella aethiopica E. von Martens, 1902 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49(3): 179-278., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095196
page(s): 182, 218 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rimulanax Iredale, 1924. 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865084 on 2026-01-13

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. Rimulanax Iredale, 1924. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865084 on 2026-01-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2015-12-02 17:41:56Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2019-08-08 00:48:19Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2020-02-20 11:43:55Z

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Herbert, David

2023-01-06 23:52:42Z

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Köhler, Frank

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Sources (4)

original description Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49(3): 179-278., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095196
page(s): 182, 218 [details]

taxonomy source Cunha T.J., Lemer S., Bouchet P., Kano Y. & Giribet G. (2019). Putting keyhole limpets on the map: phylogeny and biogeography of the globally distributed marine family Fissurellidae (Vetigastropoda, Mollusca). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 135: 249-269., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.008
note: Puncturella aff corolla shown to lie within Puncturella in Zeidorinae. [details]

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). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Korobkov I.A. (1955). Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie. [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat. 795 pp.
page(s): 85 [details]