Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Full reference: A. Kaim. 2004. The evolution of conch ontogeny in Mesozoic open sea gastropods. Palaeontologia Polonica 62:1-183
Belongs to Ringicula according to A. Kaim 2004
Sister taxa: Ringicula (Ringicula), Ringicula (Ringiculella), Ringicula (Ringiculina), Ringicula (Ringiculina) clarki, Ringicula (Ringiculocosta), Ringicula (Ringiculopsis), Ringicula acuta, Ringicula arctatoides, Ringicula buccinea, Ringicula castigata, Ringicula celata, Ringicula clarki, Ringicula culbertsoni, Ringicula dalli, Ringicula discrepans, Ringicula dominicana, Ringicula knolli, Ringicula minor, Ringicula mississippiensis, Ringicula nuda, Ringicula punjabensis, Ringicula semperi, Ringicula striata, Ringicula trapaquara, Ringicula trapequara, Ringicula turgida, Ringicula varia, Ringicula ventricosa, Ringicula yochelsoni, Auricula hordeola, Auricula bimarginata, Auricula sulcata, Auricula conovuliformis, Auricula cytharella, Auricula ringens, Auricula miliola, Auricula acicula, Auricula terebellata, Auricula ovata, Auricula miliaris
Type specimen: ZPAL Ga.9/293, a shell. Its type locality is Wạwał clay pit (Saynoceras verrucosum zone), which is in a Valanginian offshore claystone/siltstone in Poland.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wạwał clay pit (Saynoceras verrucosum zone)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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