Rimella (gastropod) explained

Rimella is a genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Rostellariidae within the Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies.^[1]

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)

External links

• Rimella fissurella in the Paleobiology Database

Notes and References

1. 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