- Ringiculidae
Taxobox
name = Ringiculidae
image_caption =
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
ordo =Opisthobranchia
subordo =Architectibranchia
superfamilia =Ringiculoidea
familia = Ringiculidae
familia_authority = Philippi, 1853
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.
synonyms =Ringiculidae are a family of minute deep water sea
snail s ormicromollusc s, marineopisthobranch gastropod mollusk s in the orderHeterostropha .Distribution
Species in this family are found in most
tropical and temperate seas.hell description
Ringiculid shells are small to minute, usually solid, white, ovate-globose, but with a conical spire, outer lip thickened by a
varix , inner lip with two to four entering plications.Genera in the family Ringiculidae
* "
Microglyphis " Dall, 1902
* "Ringicula " Deshayes, 1838References
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* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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