Ringiculidae are a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

of small deep water

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s or

micromollusk A micromollusc is a shelled mollusc which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine molluscs, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater molluscs also ...

s in the informal group

Lower Heterobranchia Lower Heterobranchia, also known as the Allogastropoda, is a group of rather specialized, highly evolved sea slugs and sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc, mollusks within the Subclass (biology), subclass Heterobranchia.WoRMS (20 ...

.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. . . 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278 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 The Cassidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of medium-sized, large, and sometimes very large sea snails commonly called helmet snails or bonnet snails. These are marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the super ...

Genera

Genera in the family Ringiculidae include: Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * Genus † '' Avellana'' d'Orbigny, 1842 * Genus ''

Microglyphis ''Microglyphis'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Ringiculidae. The species of this genus are found in Pacific Ocean. Species: *'' Microglyphis angulata'' *'' Microglyphis brevicula'' *'' Microglyphis curtula'' *'' Microglyp ...

'' Dall, 1902 * Genus '' Pseudoringicula'' Lin, 1980 * Genus ''

Ringicula ''Ringicula'' is a genus of small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs belonging to the family Ringiculidae.Ringiculoides ''Ringiculoides'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ringiculidae Ringiculidae are a family (biology), family of small deep water sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in t ...

'' Minichev, 1966 * Genus ''

Ringiculopsis ''Ringiculopsis foveolata'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ringiculidae Ringiculidae are a family (biology), family of small deep water sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks or microm ...

'' Chavan, 1947 * Genus '' Ringiculospongia'' Sacco, 1892 ;Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Hyporingicula'' Habe, 1952: synonym of ''

'' Dall, 1902 * ''Plicatra'' F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of ''Ringicula'' Deshayes, 1838 * ''Ringactaeon'' F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of ''Ringicula'' Deshayes, 1838 * ''Ringiculadda'' Iredale, 1936: synonym of ''Ringiculina'' Monterosato, 1884: synonym of ''Ringicula (Ringiculina)'' Monterosato, 1884 represented as ''Ringicula'' Deshayes, 1838 * ''Ringiculina'' Monterosato, 1884: synonym of ''

Ringicula ''Ringicula'' is a genus of small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs belonging to the family Ringiculidae.''Monographie du genre Ringicula: et description de quelques especes nouvelles''
{{Taxonbar, from1=Q3170516, from2=Q21214982, from3=Q96491749 Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi Gastropod families