Rimellidae

Rimellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Rimellidae
R. B. Stewart, 1927
Type genus
Rimella Agassiz, 1841
Synonyms[1]

Rimellinae R. B. Stewart, 1927 superseded rank

Rimellidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.[1]

Genera

  • Dientomochilus Cossmann, 1904
  • Ectinochilus Cossmann, 1889
  • Rimella Agassiz, 1841
  • Strombolaria De Gregorio, 1880
  • Varicospira Eames, 1952

References

  1. ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Rimellidae R. B. Stewart, 1927". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-02-19.

Further reading

  • Stewart, R. B. (1927). Gabb's California fossil type gastropods. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 78: 287–447, pls. 20–32.