Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299
Belongs to Ringicula according to T. A. Conrad 1848
Sister taxa: Ringicula (Ringicula), Ringicula (Ringiculella), Ringicula (Ringiculina), Ringicula (Ringiculina) clarki, Ringicula (Ringiculocosta), Ringicula (Ringiculopsis), Ringicula acuta, Ringicula arctatoides, Ringicula blaszyki, Ringicula buccinea, Ringicula castigata, Ringicula celata, Ringicula clarki, Ringicula culbertsoni, Ringicula dalli, Ringicula discrepans, Ringicula dominicana, Ringicula knolli, Ringicula minor, Ringicula nuda, Ringicula punjabensis, Ringicula semperi, Ringicula striata, Ringicula trapaquara, Ringicula trapequara, Ringicula turgida, Ringicula varia, Ringicula ventricosa, Ringicula yochelsoni, Auricula conovuliformis, Auricula sulcata, Auricula acicula, Auricula miliola, Auricula hordeola, Auricula terebellata, Auricula bimarginata, Auricula miliaris, Auricula ovata, Auricula ringens, Auricula cytharella
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (40: Mississippi collections)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
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