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'''Ringiculidae''' are a [[family (biology)|family]] of sea [[snail]]s, [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]]s in the order [[Heterostropha]]. |
'''Ringiculidae''' are a [[family (biology)|family]] of minute deep water sea [[snail]]s, [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[opisthobranch]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]]s, in the order [[Heterostropha]]. |
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Ringiculidae are a family of minute deep water sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks, in the order Heterostropha.
Distribution
Species in this family are found in most tropical and temperate seas.
Description
The shells are small, 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, 1838
References
- "Ringiculidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1