''Rimella'' is a
genus
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of
fossil
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sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Rostellariidae
Rostellariidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Bouchet, P. (2010). Rostellariidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Registe ...
within the
Stromboidea
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, the true conchs and their allies.
[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]
Species in this genus are extinct and were found from the
Paleocene
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to the
Oligocene
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of
Europe
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.
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 rokeyae''
Banerjee & Halder, 2024
* † ''
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
External links
''Rimella fissurella''in the
Paleobiology Database
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History
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Rostellariidae
Paleocene gastropods
Eocene gastropods
Oligocene gastropods
Prehistoric animals of Europe
Prehistoric gastropod genera
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