Biology:Rimella (gastropod)

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Rimella
Temporal range: Paleocene - Oligocene
Rimella fissurella 01.JPG
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Rimella

Agassiz, 1841[1]
Type species
Strombus fissurella Linnaeus, 1758

Rimella is a genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Rostellariidae within the Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies.[2]

Species in this genus are extinct and were found from the Paleocene to the Oligocene of Europe.

Species

Species within the genus Rimella include:

  • Rimella cazesi Pacaud & Pons, 2015
  • Rimella duplicicosta Cossmann, 1901
  • Rimella fissurella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Rimella gomezi Pacaud & Pons, 2015
  • Rimella gracilis Ma & Zhang, 1996
  • Rimella labrosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)
  • Rimella mexcala Kiel & Perrilliat, 2001
  • Rimella obesa Cuvillier, 1935
  • Rimella rimosa (Solander, 1766)
  • Rimella sandrinae Pacaud & Pons, 2015
Species brought into synonymy
  • Rimella tyleri H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Varicospira tyleri (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864)

References

  1. Agassiz L. (1841). In: Sowerby. Min. Conch. (Germ. ed.), 137.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Rimella. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578851 on 2016-03-20

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3917180 entry