en Ringiculidae

Ringiculidae
	a live Ringicula doliaris
	Ringicula acuta shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Infraclass:	Euthyneura & subterclassis = Ringipleura
Superorder:	Ringiculimorpha
Superfamily:	Ringiculoidea; Philippi, 1853
Family:	Ringiculidae; Philippi, 1853

Ringiculidae are a family of small deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.^[1]

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

Genera in the family Ringiculidae include:^[2]^[3]

Genus † Avellana d'Orbigny, 1842
Genus Microglyphis Dall, 1902
- Microglyphis breviculus Dall, 1902 - Distribution America
- Microglyphis curtulus Dall - Distribution: Patagonia
- Microglyphis estuarinus Dall, 1908 - Distribution: West America
- Microglyphis globularis Smith, 1875 - Distribution: Japan
- Microglyphis japonicus T. Habe, 1952 - Distribution: Indo-Pacific
- Microglyphis mazatlanicus Dall, 1908 - Distribution: West America
- Microglyphis perconicus Dall, 1890 - Distribution: West America
Genus Pseudoringicula Lin, 1980
Genus Ringicula Deshayes, 1838
Genus Ringiculoides Minichev, 1966 - with the only species Ringiculoides kurilensis Minichev, 1966
Genus Ringiculopsis Chavan, 1947 - with the only species Ringiculopsis foveolata (Yokoyama, 1928)
Genus Ringiculospongia Sacco, 1892

Hyporingicula Habe, 1952: synonym of Microglyphis 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 Deshayes, 1838

^ 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. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
^ "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

Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526