Rimella (gastropod)
Rimella Temporal range: Paleocene - Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
Family: | Strombidae |
Genus: | † Rimella Agassiz, 1841[1] |
† Rimella is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. This genus is found from the Paleocene to the Oligocene of Europe.
Species
Species within the genus Rimella include:
- † Rimella fissurella, the only known species
References
- ↑ Agassiz L. (1841). In: Sowerby. Min. Conch. (Germ. ed.), 137.