Rimula (gastropod)
| Rimula | |
|---|---|
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| Drawing with an apical view of a shell of Rimula exquisita | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Rimula Lowe, 1852 |
| Type species | |
| Emarginula blainvillii DeFrance, M.J.L., 1827 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rimularia | |
Rimula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
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.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Rimula include:
- Rimula aequisculpta Dall, 1927[3]
- Rimula astricta McLean, 1970
- † Rimula blainvillii (Defrance, 1825)
- Rimula californiana S. S. Berry, 1964
- Rimula dorriae Pérez Farfante, 1947[4]
- Rimula exquisita A. Adams, 1851[5]
- Rimula frenulata (Dall, 1889)[6]
- Rimula leptarcis Simone & Cunha, 2014
- Rimula mexicana Berry, 1969
- Rimula pycnonema Pilsbry, 1943[7]
- 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:[8] synonym of Cranopsis granulata (Seguenza, 1862)
- Rimula verrieri Crosse, 1871: synonym of Cranopsis verrieri (Crosse, 1871)
- Species inquirenda
- Rimula carinata A. Adams, 1853
- Rimula cognata Gould, 1852
- Rimula echinata Gould, 1859
- Rimula propinqua A. Adams, 1853
References
- ↑ Rimula . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 January 2013.
- ↑ Tryon (1882) Structural and systematic conchology vol. I, p. 327
- ↑ Rimula aequisculpta Dall, 1927. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Rimula dorriae Pérez Farfante, 1947. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Rimula exquisita A. Adams, 1851. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Rimula frenulata (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Rimula pycnonema Pilsbry, 1943. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Rimula granulata Seguenza, 1862. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
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