Ringiculidae
Ringiculidae are a family of minute deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.
Ringiculidae | |
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a live Ringicula doliaris | |
Ringicula acuta shells | |
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Infraclass: | Euthyneura
& subterclassis = Ringipleura |
Superorder: | Ringiculimorpha |
Superfamily: | Ringiculoidea Philippi, 1853 |
Family: | Ringiculidae Philippi, 1853 |
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.
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