Raphaulus

Raphaulus is a genus of land snails in the family Pupinidae.^[1]

Raphaulus
Shell of Rhaphaulus franzhuberi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Cyclophoroidea
Family:	Pupinidae
Genus:	Raphaulus L. Pfeiffer, 1856
Type species
Anaulus bombycinus L. Pfeiffer, 1855
Synonyms[1]
Anaulus L. Pfeiffer, 1855 (erroneously treated by L....) Raphaulus L. Pfeiffer, 1856(incorrect subsequent spelling) Rhaphaulus (Rhaphaulus) L. Pfeiffer, 1856 · alternate representation

Nomenclature

Rhaphaulus is a substitute name for Anaulus L. Pfeiffer, 1855, by Pfeiffer treated as a junior homonym of Anaulus Ehrenberg, 1844 [Diatomacea]. Under Art. 1.4, the name of a plant and of an animal are not homonyms, but Rhaphaulus may be conserved under Art. 23.9.^[1]

Species

• Rhaphaulus aborensis Godwin-Austen, 1917
• Rhaphaulus assamicus Godwin-Austen, 1886
• Rhaphaulus bombycinus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
• Rhaphaulus chrysalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
• Rhaphaulus franzhuberi Thach, 2021
• Rhaphaulus jalorensis Sykes, 1903
• Rhaphaulus kuekenthali Kobelt, 1897
• Rhaphaulus lorraini L. Pfeiffer, 1856
• Rhaphaulus oakesi Godwin-Austen, 1917
• Rhaphaulus pachysiphon Theobald & Stoliczka, 1872
• Rhaphaulus perakensis E. A. Smith, 1898
• Rhaphaulus pfeifferi Issel, 1874
• Rhaphaulus shimangensis Godwin-Austen, 1917
• Rhaphaulus tonkinensis Páll-Gergely, Hunyadi & Maassen, 2014
• Rhaphaulus yamneyensis Godwin-Austen, 1917
• † Rhaphaulus zhuoi T. Yu, Salvador & Jarzembowski, 2021

Synonyms

• Rhaphaulus ascendens Sykes, 1903: synonym of Rhaphaulus lorraini L. Pfeiffer, 1856
• Rhaphaulus assamica Godwin-Austen, 1886: synonym of Rhaphaulus assamicus Godwin-Austen, 1886 (gender agreement)
• Rhaphaulus blanfordi (Benson, 1857): synonym of Streptaulus blanfordi Benson, 1857 (unaccepted combination)
• Rhaphaulus ceramicus Martens, 1864: synonym of Bellardiella ceramica (Martens, 1864) (original combination)