Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Alternative combination: Auricula minor
Synonyms: Ringicula (Ringiculella) auriculata Morlet 1954, Ringicula (Ringiculella) paulucciae Morlet 1984, Ringicula (Ringiculella) tournoueri Morlet 1878, Ringicula paulucciae Morlet 1878, Ringicula tournoueri Morlet 1878
Belongs to Ringicula according to P. Lozouet et al. 2001
See also Harzhauser et al. 2011
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 mississippiensis, Ringicula nuda, Ringicula punjabensis, Ringicula semperi, Ringicula striata, Ringicula trapaquara, Ringicula trapequara, Ringicula turgida, Ringicula varia, Ringicula ventricosa, Auricula acicula, Auricula bimarginata, Auricula sulcata, Auricula cytharella, Auricula miliaris, Auricula conovuliformis, Auricula miliola, Auricula ovata, Auricula hordeola, Auricula terebellata, Auricula ringens
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (3 collections)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Italy (2)
• Miocene of Austria (3), France (1), Greece (2), Italy (2), Poland (1), Romania (1), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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