Ringiculidae

Ringiculidae
a live Ringicula doliaris
Ringicula acuta shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Subclass:
Infraclass:
Euthyneura & subterclassis = Ringipleura
Superorder:
Superfamily:
Ringiculoidea

Philippi, 1853
Family:
Ringiculidae

Philippi, 1853

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.

  1. ^ 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