// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the Rimellidae say? Shell yeah.
| 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Rimellinae R. B. Stewart, 1927 superseded rank | |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
[edit]- † Dientomochilus Cossmann, 1904
- † Ectinochilus Cossmann, 1889
- † Rimella Agassiz, 1841
- † Strombolaria De Gregorio, 1880
- Varicospira Eames, 1952
References
[edit]- 1 2 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
[edit]- 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.
External links
[edit]- Dekkers, A.M. (2026). "A new species of Varicospira Eames, 1952 from Indonesia (Gastropoda, Stromboidea, Rimellidae)". cta Malacologica Inquisitionis. 2 (2): 102.