Rimula exquisita

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Rimula exquisita
Rimula exquisita 001.jpg
Drawing with an apical view of a shell of Rimula exquisita
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order:
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Rimula
Species:
R. exquisita
Binomial name
Rimula exquisita
Adams, 1851

Rimula exquisita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Description[]

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.

References[]

  1. ^ Rimula exquisita A. Adams, 1851. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 January 2013.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll


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