''Rimella fissurella'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

species of fossil

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. This species is found from the Paleocene to the

Oligocene The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the ...

of Europe.

References

* ''Fossils'' (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 123)

External links

''Rimella fissurella''
in the Paleobiology Database Rostellariidae Paleocene gastropods Eocene gastropods Oligocene gastropods Eocene animals of Europe Oligocene animals of Europe Paleocene animals of Europe Gastropods described in 1767 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{paleo-gastropod-stub