| Ringiculidae | |
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| a live Ringicula doliaris | |
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| Ringicula acuta shells | |
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| Infraclass: | Euthyneura
& subterclassis = Ringipleura
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| Superfamily: | Ringiculoidea Philippi, 1853
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| Family: | Ringiculidae 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.[1]
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
[edit]Genera in the family Ringiculidae include:[2][3]
- Genus † Avellana d'Orbigny, 1842
- Genus Microglyphis Dall, 1902
- Microglyphis breviculus Dall, 1902 - Distribution America
- Microglyphis curtulus Dall - Distribution: Patagonia
- Microglyphis estuarinus Dall, 1908 - Distribution: West America
- Microglyphis globularis Smith, 1875 - Distribution: Japan
- Microglyphis japonicus T. Habe, 1952 - Distribution: Indo-Pacific
- Microglyphis mazatlanicus Dall, 1908 - Distribution: West America
- Microglyphis perconicus Dall, 1890 - Distribution: West America
- Genus Pseudoringicula Lin, 1980
- Genus Ringicula Deshayes, 1838
- Genus Ringiculoides Minichev, 1966 - with the only species Ringiculoides kurilensis Minichev, 1966
- Genus Ringiculopsis Chavan, 1947 - with the only species Ringiculopsis foveolata (Yokoyama, 1928)
- Genus Ringiculospongia Sacco, 1892
- 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
[edit]- ^ 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". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- 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