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Description

Rimella (Walser German: Remmalju, Piedmontese: Rimela) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Turin and about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Vercelli.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3244522	https://www.gbif.org/species/3244522
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10416	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10416

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rostellariidae : Rimella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Strombidae : Rimella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Stromboidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Strombidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Rimella	Agassiz 1841

Scientific Name

Rimella Agassiz, 1841

Name Published In

Agassiz L. (1837-43). J. Sowerby's Mineral-Conchologie Gross-Britanniens. Neuchâtel: H. Nicolet. 689 pp.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rimella	subgenus	belongs to Rostellaria	stated with evidence	Gabb, 1864
Rimella	genus	belongs to Strombidae	stated without evidence	Nagao, 1928
Rimella	subgenus	belongs to Tibia	stated with evidence	Springstein and Leobrera, 1986
Rimella	genus	belongs to Strombidae	implied	Wilson, 1993
Rimella	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Rimella	genus	belongs to Strombidae	stated with evidence	Harzhauser, 2004
Rimella	genus	belongs to Rimellidae	stated with evidence	Quaggiotto and Mellini, 2008
Rimella	genus	belongs to Rimellinae	stated with evidence	Squires, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (5.6%)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Strombidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

omnivore, grazer (based on Strombidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimella

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ectinochilus (Ectinochilus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		3	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	41.3 Ma Eocene
Ectinochilus (Macilentos) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		54	56.0 Ma Paleocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Ectinochilus (Vaderos) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		3	56.0 Ma Paleocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Rimella (Rimella) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Cowlitzia problematica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cowlitzia washingtonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) washingtonensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Ectinochilus amurensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ectinochilus antipodarum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ectinochilus gaudichaudi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		13	48.6 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Ectinochilus misrensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ectinochilus olssoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	41.3 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Ectinochilus planum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	47.8 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Ectinochilus saidi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neptunea supraplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella aldrichi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella angusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella canalifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella canalifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	37.2 Ma Eocene
Rimella canalis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Rimella carli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Rimella cazesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella desertica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Rimella duplicicosta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella duplicostata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Rimella elongata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Rimella fissurella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		37	56.0 Ma Paleocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Rimella fowleriana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Rimella fusoides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Rimella gomezi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella knappiana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Rimella labrosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella levis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	61.6 Ma Paleocene	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Rimella macilenta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella mediterranica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella mexcala species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella obesa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella oregonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Rimella pakistanica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	56.0 Ma Paleocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Rimella peruviana species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Rimella prestwichi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	58.7 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Rimella pyramoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella quoseibii species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Rimella rimosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	56.0 Ma Paleocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Rimella sandrinae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella smithii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rimella supraplicata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Rimella texana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rostellaria duplicostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rostellaria fusoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rostellaria gaudichaudi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rostellaria plana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rostellaria prestwichi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Strombus canalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Rimelia Oppenheim, 1906	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rostellariidae : *Rimelia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1841	Rimella Agasiz
1864	Rostellaria (Rimella) Gabb p. 123
1889	Ectinochilus Cossmann p. 91
1889	Rimella (Ectinochilus) Cossmann p. 91
1899	Rostellaria (Rimella) Martin p. 192
1911	Dientomochilus (Ectinochilus) Cossmann and Pissarro
1922	Dientomochilus (Ectinochilus) Woods p. 92
1923	Cowlitzia Clark and Palmer p. 283
1928	Rimella Nagao p. 105
1931	Ectinochilus Olsson p. 88
1931	Rimella Olsson p. 93
1938	Rimella Turner p. 94
1967	Rimella Abbass p. 53
1967	Ectinochilus Abbass p. 54
1973	Rimella Iqbal p. 24

Year	Name and Author
1984	Ectinochilus Squires p. 21
1986	Tibia (Rimella) Springstein and Leobrera p. 68
1987	Ectinochilus Squires p. 32
1988	Ectinochilus Squires p. 12
1992	Ectinochilus Squires and Demetrion p. 30
1992	Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) Squires and Demetrion p. 30
1993	Rimella Wilson p. 159
2002	Cowlitzia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Ectinochilus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Rimella Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Rimella Harzhauser p. 127
2008	Rimella Quaggiotto and Mellini p. 48
2013	Ectinochilus Garvie p. 138
2013	Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) Garvie p. 138
2013	Rimella Squires p. 828

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Gabb W. M. Description of the Cretaceous fossils, Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1, 57-217

Woods H. (1922) Section A. Mollusca from the Eocene and Miocene deposits of Peru. , Geology of the Tertiary and Quaternary Periods in the Northwest Part of Peru, 51-113

Nagao T. (1928) Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part II, Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 12 1, 11-140

Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63

Turner F. E. (1938) Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon, Geological Society of America Special Paper 10, 1-130

Abbass H. L. (1967) A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods, United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph 4, 1-154

Iqbal M. W. A. (1973) Biostratigraphy of the Tiyon Formation (Middle Eocene) of Sind, Pakistan, Records of the Geological Survey of Pakistan 22, 1-40

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Squires R. L. (1988) Eocene Macropaleontology of Northern Lockwood Valley, Ventura County, California, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 398, 1-23

Squires R. L., Demetrion R. A. (1992) Paleontology of the Eocene Bateque Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 434, 1-55

Wilson B. (1993) , Australian Marine Shells 1

Harzhauser M. (2004) Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248, 93-181

Garvie C. L. (2013) Additions to the Molluscan Macrofauna of the Reklaw Formation, Bulletins of American Paleontology 385, 131-162

Squires R. L. (2013) West Coast North America Record of the Paleogene Marine Stromboid Gastropod Rimella and Paleobiogeography of the Genus, Journal of Paleontology 87 5, 826-841 doi:10.1666/13-018

CAAB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Quaggiotto & Mellini, 2008 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Sowerby, Min. Conch. (Germ. ed.) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Pacaud J.M. & Pons J. (2015). Le genre Rimella (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Rostellariidae) à l'Eocène du bassin de Paris. Description d'une nouvelle espèce du Lutétien inférieur (Eocène moyen). Cossmanniana. 17: 90-112. - via World Register of Marine Species

Agassiz L. (1837-43). J. Sowerby's Mineral-Conchologie Gross-Britanniens. Neuchâtel: H. Nicolet. 689 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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