Rimula (gastropod)

Rimula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Rimula
Drawing with an apical view of a shell of Rimula exquisita
Scientific classification
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Genus:
Lowe, 1852
Type species
Emarginula blainvillii
DeFrance, M.J.L., 1827
Synonyms

Rimularia

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:

Species brought into synonymy
Species inquirenda
  • Rimula carinata Adams, 1853
  • Rimula cognata Gould, 1852
  • Rimula echinata Gould, 1859
  • Rimula propinqua Adams, 1853

References


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