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Ringiculidae

Ringiculidae
Ringicula doliaris.png
a live Ringicula doliaris
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.231382 - Ringicula acuta (Philippi, 1849) - Ringiculidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Ringicula acuta shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Ringiculoidea
Philippi, 1853
Family: Ringiculidae
Philippi, 1853

Ringiculidae are a family of minute deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.

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.

Genera in the family Ringiculidae include:


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