Rimula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
The name of the genus is a diminutive of "rime", a fissure.
Description The shell is thin and cancellated, with a perforation near the anterior margin.Tryon (1882) Structural and systematic conchology vol. I, p. 327
Species Species within the genus Rimula include: Rimula aequisculpta Dall, 1927 Rimula astricta McLean, 1970 † Rimula blainvillii (Defrance, 1825) † Rimula bonneti Cossmann, 1907 Rimula californiana Berry, 1964 Rimula dorriae Pérez Farfante, 1947 † Rimula dubia (Defrance, 1819) Rimula escondida Poppe & Tagaro, 2020 Rimula frenulata (Dall, 1889) † Rimula gaasensis Lozouet, 1999 † Rimula laubrierei Cossmann, 1888 Rimula leptarcis Simone & Cunha, 2014 † Rimula lobilloensis Landau & Mulder, 2020 Rimula mariei Crosse, 1866 Rimula mexicana Berry, 1969 Rimula pycnonema Pilsbry, 1943 Rimula navis Poppe & Tagaro, 2020 † Rimula plateaui Cossmann, 1896 Rimula pycnonema Pilsbry, 1943 Rimula rhips Herbert & Kilburn, 1986 Species brought into synonymy Rimula asturiana Fischer, 1882: synonym of Cranopsis asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882) Rimula carinifera Schepman, 1908: synonym of Cranopsis carinifera (Schepman, 1908) Rimula cumingii Adams, 1853: synonym of Cranopsis cumingii (Adams, 1853) Rimula exquisita Adams, 1853: synonym of Puncturella exquisita (A. Adams, 1853) (original combination) Rimula galeata Gould, 1846: synonym of Puncturella galeata (Gould, 1846) Rimula granulata Seguenza, 1862: synonym of Cranopsis granulata (Seguenza, 1862) Rimula verrieri Crosse, 1871: synonym of Cranopsis verrieri (Crosse, 1871) Species inquirenda Rimula carinata Adams, 1853 Rimula cognata Gould, 1852 Rimula echinata Gould, 1859 Rimula propinqua Adams, 1853
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Defrance [J.L.M.]. (1827). Rimulaire ou Rimule (foss.) pp. 471–472; pl. 68 fig. 1a,b, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 45. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris Bronn, H. G. (1834-1838). Lethaea geognostica oder Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der für die Gebirgs-Formationen bezeichnendsten Versteinerungen. Vol. 1, pp. 1-544