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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Vetigastropoda
Ordo: Lepetellida
Superfamilia: Fissurelloidea

Familia: Fissurellidae
Subfamilia: Rimulinae
Genus: Rimula
Species: R. aequisculpta – R. blainvillei – R. californiana – R. cumingii – R. dorriae – R. exquisita – R. frenulata – R. mariei – R. mazatlanica – R. mexicana – R. pycnonema – R. rhips – R. verrieri
Name
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

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

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