Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Alternative spelling: Ringiculella
Parent taxon: Ringicula according to O. Mandic and F. F. Steininger 2003
See also DuBar 1958, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, MacNeil 1960, Olsson and Harbison 1953, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Ringicula (Ringicula), 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 minor, Ringicula mississippiensis, Ringicula nuda, Ringicula punjabensis, Ringicula semperi, Ringicula striata, Ringicula trapaquara, Ringicula trapequara, Ringicula turgida, Ringicula varia, Ringicula ventricosa, Auricula sulcata, Auricula ovata, Auricula ringens, Auricula acicula, Auricula miliaris, Auricula hordeola, Auricula cytharella, Auricula miliola, Auricula bimarginata, Auricula conovuliformis, Auricula terebellata
Subtaxa: Ringicula (Ringiculella) carvajali Ringicula (Ringiculella) floridana Ringicula (Ringiculella) haunsbergensis Ringicula (Ringiculella) pakistanica Ringicula (Ringiculella) semistriata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Panama (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (7), India (1), Jamaica (3), Japan (1), Panama (14), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene of Panama (22), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Oligocene of Panama (1)
• Eocene of Pakistan (1)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Colombia (2)
Total: 66 collections each including a single occurrence