Stromboidea
Original description of Murex rimosus by Solander in Brander, 1766:
- "Murex (rimosus) testa turrita, transversim striata, longitudinaliter sulcata, labro unidentata. Testa turrita, longitudinaliter sulcata, transversim striata: striis æqualibus. Anfractus octo vel novem, parum rotundati. Apertura ovato-oblonga, antice in rimam seu canalem extensa: Rima aperta, interdum apicem spiræ appropinquans. Cauda brevis, subulata. Labrum prope caudam obliquatum, dente brevi armatum, quod in figura male representatur."
Original drawing of Murex rimosus by Brander, 1766, plate I, fig. 29
History and Synonymy
1815
Rostellaria rimosa in Sowerby, 1815, tab. XCI, fig. 4, 5 and 6
2015
Pacaud & Pons, 2015, pl. 3
- Fig. 1a-b. Rimella rimosa (Solander in Brander, 1766); Auversian, Bartonian, middle Eocene; Fayel, Boubiers, Oise Department, France; Coll. MNHN.F.A25297; Ex-coll. Braillon; High 32,0 mm
- Fig. 2. Rimella rimosa (Solander in Brander, 1766); Marinesian, Bartonian, middle Eocene; Quoniam, Haravilliers, Oise Department, France; Coll. MNHN.F.A53161; Ex-coll. Pacaud; High 29,0 mm
- Fig. 3. Rimella rimosa (Solander in Brander, 1766); Marinesian, Bartonian, middle Eocene; Quoniam, Haravilliers, Oise Department, France; Coll. MNHN.F.A53162; Ex-coll. Pacaud; High 24,0 mm
- Fig. 4a-b. Rimella rimosa (Solander in Brander, 1766); Bartonian, middle Eocene; Naish Bay, Highcliffe, Hampshire County, South East Region, England; Coll. MNHN.F.A49378; Ex-coll. Vrinat; High 29,5 mm
Specimens from institutional collections
Rimella rimosa (Solander in Brander, 1766); Barton Beds, Bartonian, middle Eocene; Barton on Sea, Hampshire County, South East Region, England; Giant, 44 mm.; Coll. BM(NH); Copyright BM(NH)
Specimens from private collections
Rimella rimosa (Solander in Brander, 1766); Barton Beds, Bartonian, middle Eocene; Barton on Sea, Hampshire County, South East Region, England; Coll. Ulrich Wieneke, photo Manfred Heising
Rimella rimosa (Solander in Brander, 1766); Barton Beds, Bartonian, middle Eocene; Hughcliffe on Sea, Hampshire County, South East Region, England; Coll. Ulrich Wieneke, photo Manfred Heising
Rimella rimosa (Solander in Brander, 1766); Barton Beds, Bartonian, middle Eocene; Hughcliffe on Sea, Hampshire County, South East Region, England; 27 mm; Coll. Jean-Francois Lhomme
Rimella rimosa (Solander in Brander, 1766); Auversian, Bartonian, Eocene; Auvers-sur-Oise, Val d'oise Departement, France; 33 mm; Coll. Jean-Francois Lhomme
References:
- G. Brander (1766). Fossilia Hantoniensia
- Pacaud J.-M. & †Pons J. 2015. Le genre Rimella (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Rostellariidae) à l’Éocène du bassin de Paris. Description d’une nouvelle espèce du Lutétien inférieur (Éocène moyen). Cossmanniana 17: 90-112, fig. 1-2, pl. 1-3.
- Sowerby, 1812-1815
