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

Rimula
Shell of Rimula leptarcis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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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)

The name of the genus is a diminutive of "rime", a fissure.

Description

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The shell is thin and cancellated, with a perforation near the anterior margin.[2]

Species

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Species within the genus Rimula include:

Species brought into synonymy
Species inquirenda

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