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Rimula (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Fissurellidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Fissurelloidea

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Hemitoma, Lucapinella, Lucapina

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

Contents

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:

  • Rimula aequisculpta Dall, 1927
  • Rimula astricta McLean, 1970
  • Rimula blainvillii (Defrance, 1825)
  • Rimula californiana S. S. Berry, 1964
  • Rimula dorriae Pérez Farfante, 1947
  • Rimula exquisita A. Adams, 1851
  • Rimula frenulata (Dall, 1889)
  • Rimula leptarcis Simone & Cunha, 2014
  • Rimula mexicana Berry, 1969
  • Rimula pycnonema Pilsbry, 1943
  • Rimula rhips Herbert & Kilburn, 1986
  • Species brought into synonymy
  • Rimula asturiana P. Fischer, 1882: synonym of Cranopsis asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882)
  • Rimula carinifera Schepman, 1908: synonym of Cranopsis carinifera (Schepman, 1908)
  • Rimula cumingii A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Cranopsis cumingii (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Rimula exquisita A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Cranopsis exquisita (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Rimula galeata Gould, 1846: synonym of Puncturella galeata (Gould, 1846)
  • Rimula granulata Seguenza, 1862: synonym of Cranopsis granulata (Seguenza, 1862)
  • Rimula verrieri Crosse, 1871: synonym of Cranopsis verrieri (Crosse, 1871)
  • Species inquerenda
  • Rimula carinata A. Adams, 1853
  • Rimula cognata Gould, 1852
  • Rimula echinata Gould, 1859
  • Rimula propinqua A. Adams, 1853
  • References

    Rimula (gastropod) Wikipedia