Ringicula

Ringicula
Ringicula doliaris
Ringicula acuta shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Ringiculimorpha
Family: Ringiculidae
Genus: Ringicula
Deshayes, 1838
Type species
Marginella auriculata
Ménard de la Groye, 1811
Synonyms
List
  • Plicatra F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Ringactaeon F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Ringicla [sic] (misspelling)
  • Ringicula (Ringicula) Deshayes, 1838
  • † Ringicula (Ringiculella) Sacco, 1892 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Ringicula (Ringiculina) Monterosato, 1884
  • † Ringicula (Ringiculopspongia) Sacco, 1892 alternative representation
  • Ringiculadda Iredale, 1936
  • Ringiculina Monterosato, 1884

Ringicula is a genus of small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs belonging to the family Ringiculidae. Members of the species have a solid shell. The shell has anterior notch and a thick lip.

Species

The following species are included within the genus Ringicula:

Former species

References

  1. ↑ Deshayes (1838). In: Lamarck H.N. Anim. s. Vert., ed. 2, 8: 342.
  2. 1 2 WoRMS :Ringicula accessed : 9 July 2023
  3. 1 2 Chaban, Elena M.; Kano, Yasunori; Fukumori, Hiroaki; Chernyshev, Alexei V. (2018-08-01). "Deep-sea gastropods of the family Ringiculidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from the Sea of Okhotsk, Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, and adjacent waters with the description of three new species". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. The Russian-German deep-sea expedition SokhoBio (Sea of Okhotsk Biodiversity Studies). 154: 197–213. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.11.008. ISSN 0967-0645.