Rimella fissurella

Rimella fissurella is an extinct species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. This species is found from the Paleocene to the Oligocene of Europe.

Rimella fissurella
Temporal range: Paleocene - Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Stromboidea
Family:
Rostellariidae
Genus:
† Rimella
Species:
† R. fissurella
Binomial name
Rimella fissurella
Synonyms

Strombus fissurella

References
    • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 123)


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