Rimella (gastropod)

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]

Rimella
Temporal range: Paleocene - Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Stromboidea
Family:
Rostellariidae
Genus:
Rimella

Type species
† Strombus fissurella Linnaeus, 1758

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


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