Rimula (gastropod)

Rimula
Drawing with an apical view of a shell of Rimula exquisita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Rimula
Lowe, 1852
Type species
Emarginula blainvillii DeFrance, M.J.L., 1827
Synonyms

Rimularia

Rimula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

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.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Rimula include:

Species brought into synonymy
Species inquerenda

References


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