Rimulanax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]
| Rimulanax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
| Genus: | Rimulanax Iredale, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Puncturella corolla Verco, 1908 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Puncturella (Rimulanax) Iredale, 1924 | |
This genus is a taxon inquerendum and is possibly a synonym of Puncturella. Cunha et al. 2019 sequenced material of Puncturella aff. corolla and this clustered within Puncturella suggesting that Rimulanax is not distinct from Puncturella and that it is referable to the Zeidorinae.[2]
Species edit
Species within the genus Rimulanax include:[1]
- Rimulanax aethiopica (E. von Martens, 1902)
- Rimulanax corolla (Verco, 1908)
References edit
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Rimulanax Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865084 on 2020-09-24
- ^ 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.
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