Rimula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
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| Shell of Rimula leptarcis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Rimulinae |
| Genus: | Rimula Lowe, 1852 |
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| † Emarginula blainvillii DeFrance, M.J.L., 1827
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The name of the genus is a diminutive of "rime", a fissure.
Description edit
The shell is thin and cancellated, with a perforation near the anterior margin.[2]
Species edit
Species within the genus Rimula include:
- Rimula aequisculpta Dall, 1927[3]
- Rimula astricta McLean, 1970
- † Rimula blainvillii (Defrance, 1825)
- † Rimula bonneti Cossmann, 1907
- Rimula californiana Berry, 1964
- Rimula dorriae Pérez Farfante, 1947[4]
- † Rimula dubia (Defrance, 1819)
- Rimula escondida Poppe & Tagaro, 2020
- Rimula frenulata (Dall, 1889)[5]
- † Rimula gaasensis Lozouet, 1999
- † Rimula laubrierei Cossmann, 1888
- Rimula leptarcis Simone & Cunha, 2014
- † Rimula lobilloensis Landau & Mulder, 2020
- Rimula mariei Crosse, 1866
- Rimula mexicana Berry, 1969
- Rimula pycnonema Pilsbry, 1943[6]
- Rimula navis Poppe & Tagaro, 2020
- † Rimula plateaui Cossmann, 1896
- Rimula pycnonema Pilsbry, 1943
- Rimula rhips Herbert & Kilburn, 1986
- Species brought into synonymy
- Rimula asturiana Fischer, 1882: synonym of Cranopsis asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882)
- Rimula carinifera Schepman, 1908: synonym of Cranopsis carinifera (Schepman, 1908)
- Rimula cumingii Adams, 1853: synonym of Cranopsis cumingii (Adams, 1853)
- Rimula exquisita Adams, 1853:[7] synonym of Puncturella exquisita (A. Adams, 1853) (original combination)
- 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 Adams, 1853
- Rimula cognata Gould, 1852
- Rimula echinata Gould, 1859
- Rimula propinqua Adams, 1853
References edit
- ^ 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 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 exquisita A. Adams, 1851. 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.
External links edit
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- Defrance [J.L.M.]. (1827). Rimulaire ou Rimule (foss.) pp. 471–472; pl. 68 fig. 1a,b, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 45. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris
- Bronn, H. G. (1834-1838). Lethaea geognostica oder Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der für die Gebirgs-Formationen bezeichnendsten Versteinerungen. Vol. 1, pp. 1-544