''Ringicula'' is a genus of small deepwater

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Species

The following species are included within the genus ''Ringicula'': *'' Ringicula abbreviata'' *'' Ringicula abyssicola'' *''

Ringicula acuta ''Ringicula'' is a genus of small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs belonging to the family Ringiculidae.Ringicula aethiopica'' *'' Ringicula alabamensis'' *'' Ringicula altocanalis'' *'' Ringicula amoena'' *'' Ringicula anfractolineata'' *''

Ringicula apicata ''Ringicula'' is a genus of small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs belonging to the family Ringiculidae.Ringicula arctata'' *'' Ringicula arctatoides'' *'' Ringicula assularum'' *''

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Ringicula doliaris ''Ringicula doliaris'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ringiculidae Ringiculidae are a family (biology), family of small deep water sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in ...

'' *'' Ringicula dominicana'' *'' Ringicula douvillei'' *'' Ringicula dugasti'' *'' Ringicula fossulata'' *'' Ringicula gianninii'' *'' Ringicula glabra'' *'' Ringicula gouldi'' *'' Ringicula grandinosa'' *'' Ringicula hardingi'' *'' Ringicula herouvalensis'' *'' Ringicula incisa'' *'' Ringicula janae'' *'' Ringicula jucunda'' *'' Ringicula kurodai'' *'' Ringicula lactea'' *'' Ringicula laevigata'' *'' Ringicula langlassei'' *'' Ringicula lata'' *'' Ringicula leptocheila'' *'' Ringicula lignitarum'' *'' Ringicula mammosa'' *'' Ringicula mariei'' *'' Ringicula martini'' *'' Ringicula marwicki'' *'' Ringicula minichevi'' *'' Ringicula minor'' *'' Ringicula minuta'' *'' Ringicula minutula'' *'' Ringicula ngatapa'' *'' Ringicula niinoi'' *'' Ringicula nitida'' *'' Ringicula noumeensis'' *'' Ringicula obesior'' *'' Ringicula okadai'' *'' Ringicula opima'' *'' Ringicula orientalis'' *'' Ringicula orientalis'' *'' Ringicula parvula'' *'' Ringicula peracuta'' *'' Ringicula pilula'' *'' Ringicula pirulina'' *'' Ringicula plicatula'' *'' Ringicula plicifera'' *'' Ringicula praelonga'' *'' Ringicula prismatica'' *'' Ringicula promarginata'' *'' Ringicula propinquans'' *'' Ringicula pusilla'' *'' Ringicula pygmaea'' *'' Ringicula raincourti'' *'' Ringicula ravni'' *'' Ringicula ringens'' *'' Ringicula rosildae'' *'' Ringicula roussellae'' *'' Ringicula savignyi'' *'' Ringicula semisculpta'' *'' Ringicula semistriata'' *'' Ringicula senegalensis'' *'' Ringicula seriaensis'' *'' Ringicula shenzhenensis'' *'' Ringicula siberutensis'' *'' Ringicula similis'' *'' Ringicula soa'' *'' Ringicula striata'' *'' Ringicula suavis'' *'' Ringicula subglobosa'' *'' Ringicula sumatrana'' *'' Ringicula suturalis'' *'' Ringicula takeyamai'' *'' Ringicula tatei'' *'' Ringicula tenuilabrum'' *'' Ringicula tenuilirata'' *'' Ringicula teramachii'' *'' Ringicula tiedemanni'' *'' Ringicula titanica'' *'' Ringicula torquata'' *'' Ringicula tosaensis'' *'' Ringicula truncata'' *'' Ringicula turrita'' *'' Ringicula turtoni'' *'' Ringicula tutamoensis'' *'' Ringicula uniplicata'' *'' Ringicula ventricosa'' *'' Ringicula yokoyamai'' *''

Ringicula zecorpulenta ''Ringicula'' is a genus of small deepwater sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs belonging to the family Ringiculidae.

Former species

* ''Ringicula acutispira'' Turton, 1932 - synonymized with '' Auriculastra radiolata'' (Morelet, 1860) * ''Ringicula africana'' Bartsch, 1915 - synonymized with ''Ringicula turtoni'' Bartsch, 1915 * ''Ringicula agulhasensis'' Thiele, 1925 - synonymized with ''Ringicula turtoni'' Bartsch, 1915 * ''Ringicula australis'' Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865 - synonymized with ''Ringicula australis'' Hinds, 1844 * ''Ringicula barashi'' Di Geronimo, 1975 - synonymized with ''Ringicula conformis'' Monterosato, 1877 * ''Ringicula bourguignati'' Rochebrune, 1883 - synonymized with ''Ringicula senegalensis'' Morlet, 1882 * †''Ringicula cancellarioides'' Seguenza, 1881 - synonymized with †''Ringicula costata costata'' (Eichwald, 1830) * ''Ringicula cruzensis'' Nowell-Usticke, 1969 - synonymized with '' Coralliophila salebrosa'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 * ''Ringicula doliaris'' Takeyama, 1935 - synonymized with ''Ringicula niinoi'' Nomura, 1939 * ''Ringicula foveolata'' Yokoyama, 1928 - synonymized with '' Ringiculopsis foveolata'' (Yokoyama, 1928) * †''Ringicula gaudryana'' Morlet, 1878 - synonymized with †''Ringicula ventricosa'' (J. Sowerby, 1824) * ''Ringicula hypograpta'' Brown & Pilsbry, 1913 - synonymized with ''Ringicula semistriata'' d'Orbigny, 1842 * ''Ringicula leptocheila'' Brugnone, 1873 - synonymized with ''Ringicula gianninii'' Nordsieck, 1974 * ''Ringicula moritzi'' de Folin, 1870 - synonymized with ''Ringicula conformis'' Monterosato, 1877 * ''Ringicula musashiensis'' Yokoyama, 1920 - synonymized with ''Ringicula doliaris'' Gould, 1860 * ''Ringicula oehlertiana'' Morelet, 1880 - synonymized with ''Ringicula doliaris'' Gould, 1860 * †''Ringicula ovalis'' Bell, 1898 - synonymized with †''Ringicula buccinea'' (Brocchi, 1814) * ''Ringicula peracuta'' Watson, 1883 - synonymized with ''Ringicula nitida'' A. E. Verrill, 1872 * †''Ringicula placentina'' Seguenza, 1881 - synonymized with †''Ringicula ventricosa'' (J. Sowerby, 1824) * ''Ringicula pulchella'' Morlet, 1880 - synonymized with ''Ringicula blanchardi'' Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896 * ''Ringicula scalaris'' W. H. Turton, 1932 - synonymized with ''Ringicula turtoni'' Bartsch, 1915 * †''Ringicula searlesi'' Harmer, 1923 - synonymized with †''Ringicula buccinea'' (Brocchi, 1814) * ''Ringicula solida'' W. H. Turton, 1932 - synonymized with ''Ringicula turtoni'' Bartsch, 1915 * ''Ringicula someri'' de Folin, 1867 - synonymized with ''Ringicula conformis'' Monterosato, 1877 * ''Ringicula tridentata'' Guppy, 1873 - synonymized with ''Ringicula semistriata'' d'Orbigny, 1842

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. 180–213 * 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

External links

Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER, José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
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