Rimula (gastropod)

Rimula
Shell of Rimula leptarcis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Rimulinae
Genus:	Rimula Lowe, 1852
Type species
† Emarginula blainvillii DeFrance, M.J.L., 1827
Synonyms
Emarginula (Rimula) Defrance, 1827 Rimularia Bronn, 1838 (unjustified emendation of Rimula Defrance, 1827)

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:

• Rimula aequisculpta Dall, 1927^[3]
• Rimula astricta McLean, 1970
• † Rimula blainvillii (Defrance, 1825)
• † Rimula bonneti Cossmann, 1907
• Rimula californiana Berry, 1964
• Rimula dorriae Pérez Farfante, 1947^[4]
• † Rimula dubia (Defrance, 1819)
• Rimula escondida Poppe & Tagaro, 2020
• Rimula frenulata (Dall, 1889)^[5]
• † Rimula gaasensis Lozouet, 1999
• † Rimula laubrierei Cossmann, 1888
• Rimula leptarcis Simone & Cunha, 2014
• † Rimula lobilloensis Landau & Mulder, 2020
• Rimula mariei Crosse, 1866
• Rimula mexicana Berry, 1969
• Rimula pycnonema Pilsbry, 1943^[6]
• Rimula navis Poppe & Tagaro, 2020
• † Rimula plateaui Cossmann, 1896
• Rimula pycnonema Pilsbry, 1943
• Rimula rhips Herbert & Kilburn, 1986

Species brought into synonymy

• Rimula asturiana Fischer, 1882: synonym of Cranopsis asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882)
• Rimula carinifera Schepman, 1908: synonym of Cranopsis carinifera (Schepman, 1908)
• Rimula cumingii Adams, 1853: synonym of Cranopsis cumingii (Adams, 1853)
• Rimula exquisita Adams, 1853:^[7] synonym of Puncturella exquisita (A. Adams, 1853) (original combination)
• Rimula galeata Gould, 1846: synonym of Puncturella galeata (Gould, 1846)
• Rimula granulata Seguenza, 1862:^[8] synonym of Cranopsis granulata (Seguenza, 1862)
• Rimula verrieri Crosse, 1871: synonym of Cranopsis verrieri (Crosse, 1871)

Species inquirenda

• Rimula carinata Adams, 1853
• Rimula cognata Gould, 1852
• Rimula echinata Gould, 1859
• Rimula propinqua Adams, 1853

References

1. Rimula. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 January 2013.
2. Tryon (1882) Structural and systematic conchology vol. I, p. 327
3. Rimula aequisculpta Dall, 1927. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
4. Rimula dorriae Pérez Farfante, 1947. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
5. Rimula frenulata (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
6. Rimula pycnonema Pilsbry, 1943. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
7. Rimula exquisita A. Adams, 1851. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
8. Rimula granulata Seguenza, 1862. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.

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