Rimula (gastropod)

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Fissurellidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Fissurelloidea Rank Genus

Similar Hemitoma, Lucapinella, Lucapina

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 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

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