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

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