''Rimula'' is a

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Fissurellidae Fissurellidae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurellidae. Accessed throu ...

, the keyhole limpets. 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.

Species

Species within the genus ''Rimula'' include: *'' Rimula aequisculpta'' Dall, 1927 *'' Rimula astricta'' McLean, 1970 *

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'' Rimula blainvillii'' (Defrance, 1825) * † '' Rimula bonneti'' Cossmann, 1907 *'' Rimula californiana''

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, 1964 *'' Rimula dorriae'' Pérez Farfante, 1947 * † '' Rimula dubia'' (Defrance, 1819) * '' Rimula escondida'' Poppe & Tagaro, 2020 *'' Rimula frenulata'' ( Dall, 1889) * † '' Rimula gaasensis'' Lozouet, 1999 * † '' Rimula laubrierei'' Cossmann, 1888 *'' Rimula leptarcis'' Simone & Cunha, 2014 * † '' Rimula lobilloensis'' Landau & Mulder, 2020 * '' Rimula mariei'' Crosse, 1866 *'' Rimula mexicana''

, 1969 *'' Rimula pycnonema''

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, 1943 * '' Rimula navis'' Poppe & Tagaro, 2020 * † '' Rimula plateaui'' Cossmann, 1896 * '' Rimula pycnonema'' Pilsbry, 1943 *'' Rimula rhips'' Herbert & Kilburn, 1986 ;Species brought into synonymy: *''Rimula asturiana''

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, 1882: synonym of '' Cranopsis asturiana'' (P. Fischer, 1882) *''Rimula carinifera'' Schepman, 1908: synonym of '' Cranopsis carinifera'' (Schepman, 1908) *''Rimula cumingii''

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, 1853: synonym of '' Cranopsis cumingii'' (

, 1853) *''Rimula exquisita''

, 1853: synonym of ''

Puncturella exquisita ''Puncturella exquisita'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Puncturella exquisita (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of ...

'' (A. Adams, 1853) (original combination) *''Rimula galeata'' Gould, 1846: synonym of '' Puncturella galeata'' ( Gould, 1846) *''Rimula granulata'' Seguenza, 1862: synonym of '' Cranopsis granulata'' (Seguenza, 1862) *''Rimula verrieri'' Crosse, 1871: synonym of '' Cranopsis verrieri'' (Crosse, 1871) ;Species inquirenda: *''Rimula carinata''

, 1853 *''Rimula cognata'' Gould, 1852 *'' Rimula echinata'' Gould, 1859 *''Rimula propinqua''

, 1853

References

External links

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
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