Rimella is a genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Rostellariidae within the Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies.[2]

Rimella
Temporal range: Paleocene - Oligocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rostellariidae
Genus: Rimella
Agassiz, 1841[1]
Type species
Strombus fissurella
Linnaeus, 1758

Species in this genus are extinct and were found from the Paleocene to the Oligocene of Europe.

Species

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Species within the genus Rimella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Rimella tyleri H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Varicospira tyleri (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864)

References

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  1. ^ Agassiz L. (1841). In: Sowerby. Min. Conch. (Germ. ed.), 137.
  2. ^ 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
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