Rimella (gastropod)
| 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 Agassiz, 1841[1] |
| Type species | |
| † Strombus fissurella Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Rimella is a genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Rostellariidae, the true conchs. [2]
Most 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
- ↑ Agassiz L. (1841). In: Sowerby. Min. Conch. (Germ. ed.), 137.
- ↑ 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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