Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Alternative spellings: Rostellaria (Rimella), Tibia (Rimella)
Synonyms: Cowlitzia Clark and Palmer 1923, Dientomochilus (Ectinochilus) Cossmann 1889, Ectinochilus Cossmann 1889, Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) Clark and Palmer 1923, Macilentos Clark and Palmer 1923, Rimella (Ectinochilus) Cossmann 1889, Rimella (Macilentos) Clark and Palmer 1923, Vaderos Clark and Palmer 1923
Parent taxon: Strombidae according to C. L. Garvie 2013
See also Abbass 1967, Adegoke 1977, Gabb 1864, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2004, Iqbal 1973, Nagao 1928, Olsson 1931, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Quaggiotto and Mellini 2008, Robba et al. 1989, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires 2013, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Turner 1938, Vredenburg 1921, White 1889, Wilson 1993 and Woods 1922
Sister taxa: Canarium, Doxander, Jaumaporta, Jogjacartanus, Laevella, Lobatus, Pereiraea, Platyoptera, Prestrombus, Strombinae, Stromboconus, Terebellum, Terestrombus, Tibia, Tridentarius, Ueckeritzella, Volutostrombus
Subtaxa: Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) canalifer Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) canalifera Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) washingtonensis Ectinochilus (Ectinochilus) Ectinochilus (Macilentos) Ectinochilus (Vaderos) Ectinochilus antipodarum Ectinochilus gaudichaudi Ectinochilus olssoni Ectinochilus planum Rimella (Rimella) Rimella canalis Rimella carli Rimella desertica Rimella duplicostata Rimella elongata Rimella fissurella Rimella fowleriana Rimella fusoides Rimella knappiana Rimella levis Rimella oregonensis Rimella pakistanica Rimella peruviana Rimella prestwichi Rimella quoseibii Rimella rimosa Rimella supraplicata
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Indonesia (2)
• Oligocene of Romania (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (2), Bulgaria (5), Colombia (4), Croatia (1), Egypt (3), France (13), Germany (2), India (2), Indonesia (3), Italy (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Mexico (3), Pakistan (14), Panama (5), Peru (8), Romania (8), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (17), United States (169: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas, Washington), Venezuela (2)
• Paleocene of Egypt (1), Pakistan (2), United States (3: California, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1)
Total: 282 collections including 318 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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