Rimella | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]
Species in this genus are extinct and were found from the Paleocene to the Oligocene of Europe.
Species within the genus Rimella include:
Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. They are marine gastropod mollusks. Most of the species have no operculum.
Amathinidae, is a taxonomic family mostly consisting of small and minute sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the superfamily Pyramidelloidea.
Rimella fissurella is an extinct species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. This species is found from the Paleocene to the Oligocene of Europe.
Clithon is a genus of freshwater snails or brackish snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Scaphella is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Chicoreus is a genus of medium- to large-sized predatory sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murexes or rock snails.
Fissurella is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Fissurellinae of the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Phos is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae.
Magilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Typhina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Typhinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Athleta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
Ancilla, common name the ancillas, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ancillariidae.
Neritopsis is a genus of sea snails in the subfamily Neritopsinae of the family Neritopsidae.
Varicospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Rostellariidae within the Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies.
Corbula is a genus of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Corbulidae, the basket clams.
Eulima is a genus of small, ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.
Rictaxis is a genus of minute sea snails or "bubble snails", marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Acteonidae, the "barrel bubble" snails.
Rostellariidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.
Casmaria, is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Phaliinae of the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies.
Neritodryas is a genus of freshwater snails, ; they are gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.