Ringiculidae

{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}

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| image = Ringicula doliaris.png

| image_caption = a live Ringicula doliaris

| image2 = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.231382 - Ringicula acuta (Philippi, 1849) - Ringiculidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg

| image2_caption = Ringicula acuta shells

| taxon = Ringiculidae

| authority = Philippi, 1853

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Ringiculidae are a family of small deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. {{ISBN|3-925919-72-4}}. {{ISSN|0076-2997}}. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278

Ringiculidae is the only family within the superfamily Ringiculoidea.

The shells of species in this family superficially resemble minute versions of the shells of the Cassinae.

Genera

Genera in the family Ringiculidae include:{{ITIS |id=76095 |taxon=Ringiculidae}}Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}

;Genera brought into synonymy:

  • Hyporingicula Habe, 1952: synonym of Microglyphis Dall, 1902
  • Plicatra F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Ringicula Deshayes, 1838
  • Ringactaeon F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Ringicula Deshayes, 1838
  • Ringiculadda Iredale, 1936: synonym of Ringiculina Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Ringicula (Ringiculina) Monterosato, 1884 represented as Ringicula Deshayes, 1838
  • Ringiculina Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Ringicula Deshayes, 1838

References

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  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp.
  • Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526

Further reading

  • Morlet L. 1878. [https://archive.org/details/monographiedugen00morl Monographie du genre Ringicula: et description de quelques especes nouvelles].

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Category:Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi