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
- Ringicula acutispira <small>Turton, 1932</small> - synonymized with Auriculastra radiolata <small>(Morelet, 1860)</small>
- Ringicula africana <small>Bartsch, 1915</small> - synonymized with Ringicula turtoni <small>Bartsch, 1915</small>
- Ringicula agulhasensis <small>Thiele, 1925</small> - synonymized with Ringicula turtoni <small>Bartsch, 1915</small>
- Ringicula australis <small>Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865</small> - synonymized with Ringicula australis <small>Hinds, 1844</small>
- Ringicula barashi <small>Di Geronimo, 1975</small> - synonymized with Ringicula conformis <small>Monterosato, 1877</small>
- Ringicula bourguignati <small>Rochebrune, 1883</small> - synonymized with Ringicula senegalensis <small>Morlet, 1882</small>
- â Ringicula cancellarioides <small>Seguenza, 1881</small> - synonymized with â Ringicula costata costata <small>(Eichwald, 1830)</small>
- Ringicula cruzensis <small>Nowell-Usticke, 1969</small> - synonymized with Coralliophila salebrosa <small>H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864</small>
- Ringicula doliaris <small>Takeyama, 1935</small> - synonymized with Ringicula niinoi <small>Nomura, 1939</small>
- Ringicula foveolata <small>Yokoyama, 1928</small> - synonymized with Ringiculopsis foveolata <small>(Yokoyama, 1928)</small>
- â Ringicula gaudryana <small>Morlet, 1878</small> - synonymized with â Ringicula ventricosa <small>(J. Sowerby, 1824)</small>
- Ringicula hypograpta <small>Brown & Pilsbry, 1913</small> - synonymized with Ringicula semistriata <small>d'Orbigny, 1842</small>
- Ringicula leptocheila <small>Brugnone, 1873</small> - synonymized with Ringicula gianninii <small>Nordsieck, 1974</small>
- Ringicula moritzi <small>de Folin, 1870</small> - synonymized with Ringicula conformis <small>Monterosato, 1877</small>
- Ringicula musashiensis <small>Yokoyama, 1920</small> - synonymized with Ringicula doliaris <small>Gould, 1860</small>
- Ringicula oehlertiana <small>Morelet, 1880</small> - synonymized with Ringicula doliaris <small>Gould, 1860</small>
- â Ringicula ovalis <small>Bell, 1898</small> - synonymized with â Ringicula buccinea <small>(Brocchi, 1814)</small>
- Ringicula peracuta <small>Watson, 1883</small> - synonymized with Ringicula nitida <small>A. E. Verrill, 1872</small>
- â Ringicula placentina <small>Seguenza, 1881</small> - synonymized with â Ringicula ventricosa <small>(J. Sowerby, 1824)</small>
- Ringicula pulchella <small>Morlet, 1880</small> - synonymized with Ringicula blanchardi <small>Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896</small>
- Ringicula scalaris <small>W. H. Turton, 1932</small> - synonymized with Ringicula turtoni <small>Bartsch, 1915</small>
- â Ringicula searlesi <small>Harmer, 1923</small> - synonymized with â Ringicula buccinea <small>(Brocchi, 1814)</small>
- Ringicula solida <small>W. H. Turton, 1932</small> - synonymized with Ringicula turtoni <small>Bartsch, 1915</small>
- Ringicula someri <small>de Folin, 1867</small> - synonymized with Ringicula conformis <small>Monterosato, 1877</small>
- Ringicula tridentata <small>Guppy, 1873</small> - synonymized with Ringicula semistriata <small>d'Orbigny, 1842</small>
References
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180âÂÂ213
- Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
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