| Rimella Temporal range: Paleocene - Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rostellariidae |
| Genus: | †Rimella Agassiz, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| † Strombus fissurella Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Rimella is a genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Rostellariidae within the Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies.
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
External links
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