Rimella (gastropod)

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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

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]

Contents

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

Species

Species within the genus Rimella include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  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