Gastropoda - Ptenoglossa - Thaididae
Synonyms: Ricinella Schumacher 1817, Ricinula Lamarck 1816, Ricinula (Sistrum) Montfort 1810, Sistrum Montfort 1810, Sistrum (Ricinula) Lamarck 1816
Parent taxon: Thaididae according to H. S. Ladd 1982
See also Cooper 1896, Hendy 2007, Ladd 1977, Sepkoski 2002, Vaught et al. 1989 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxon: Drupella
Subtaxa: Drupa (Cronia) Drupa (Drupa) Ricinula subreticulata Sistrum nodulosum Sistrum squamosum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections), Djibouti (1), Eritrea (1), Japan (1), Kenya (1), Mozambique (1), Namibia (3), South Africa (4), Sudan (1), United States (7: Hawaii), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Indonesia (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), Indonesia (1), the Marshall Islands (1)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 35 collections including 43 occurrences
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