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Rimula (gastropod)

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Genus of gastropods

Rimula
Shell of Rimula leptarcis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Rimulinae
Genus: Rimula
Lowe, 1852
Type species
Emarginula blainvillii
DeFrance, M.J.L., 1827
Synonyms
  • Emarginula (Rimula) Defrance, 1827
  • Rimularia Bronn, 1838 (unjustified emendation of Rimula Defrance, 1827)

Rimula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

The name of the genus is a diminutive of "rime", a fissure.

Description

The shell is thin and cancellated, with a perforation near the anterior margin.

Species

Species within the genus Rimula include:

Species brought into synonymy
Species inquirenda

References

  1. Rimula. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 January 2013.
  2. Tryon (1882) Structural and systematic conchology vol. I, p. 327
  3. Rimula aequisculpta Dall, 1927. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  4. Rimula dorriae Pérez Farfante, 1947. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  5. Rimula frenulata (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  6. Rimula pycnonema Pilsbry, 1943. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  7. Rimula exquisita A. Adams, 1851. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  8. Rimula granulata Seguenza, 1862. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Rimula


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