Rimula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
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.
Species
Species within the genus Rimula include:
- Rimula aequisculpta <small>Dall, 1927</small>
- Rimula astricta <small>McLean, 1970</small>
- â Rimula blainvillii <small>(Defrance, 1825)</small>
- â Rimula bonneti <small>Cossmann, 1907</small>
- Rimula californiana <small>Berry, 1964</small>
- Rimula dorriae <small>Pérez Farfante, 1947</small>
- â Rimula dubia <small>(Defrance, 1819)</small>
- Rimula escondida <small>Poppe & Tagaro, 2020</small>
- Rimula frenulata <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
- â Rimula gaasensis <small>Lozouet, 1999</small>
- â Rimula laubrierei <small>Cossmann, 1888</small>
- Rimula leptarcis <small>Simone & Cunha, 2014</small>
- â Rimula lobilloensis <small>Landau & Mulder, 2020</small>
- Rimula mariei <small>Crosse, 1866</small>
- Rimula mexicana <small>Berry, 1969</small>
- Rimula pycnonema <small>Pilsbry, 1943</small>
- Rimula navis <small>Poppe & Tagaro, 2020</small>
- â Rimula plateaui <small>Cossmann, 1896</small>
- Rimula pycnonema <small>Pilsbry, 1943</small>
- Rimula rhips <small>Herbert & Kilburn, 1986</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Rimula asturiana <small>Fischer, 1882</small>: synonym of Cranopsis asturiana <small>(P. Fischer, 1882)</small>
- Rimula carinifera <small>Schepman, 1908</small>: synonym of Cranopsis carinifera <small>(Schepman, 1908)</small>
- Rimula cumingii <small>Adams, 1853</small>: synonym of Cranopsis cumingii <small>(Adams, 1853)</small>
- Rimula exquisita <small>Adams, 1853</small>: synonym of Puncturella exquisita <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small> (original combination)
- Rimula galeata <small>Gould, 1846</small>: synonym of Puncturella galeata <small>(Gould, 1846)</small>
- Rimula granulata <small>Seguenza, 1862</small>: synonym of Cranopsis granulata <small>(Seguenza, 1862)</small>
- Rimula verrieri <small>Crosse, 1871</small>: synonym of Cranopsis verrieri <small>(Crosse, 1871)</small>
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