Ringiculidae
| Ringiculidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Ringiculoidea Philippi, 1853 |
| Family: | Ringiculidae Philippi, 1853 |
| Genera | |
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Ringiculidae are a family of minute 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
Genera in the family Ringiculidae include:[2][3] 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
- Ringicula incisa Hedley, 1899 - original species description, page 562.
Genus Ringiculoides Minichev, 1966
Genus Ringiculopsis Chavan, 1947
Genus Ringiculospongia Sacco, 1892
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Hyporingicula Habe, 1952: synonym of Microglyphis Dall, 1902
- Ringiculina Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Ringicula Deshayes, 1838
Further reading
References
- ↑ 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.