WoRMS taxon details
Ringiculopsis Chavan, 1947
580282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:580282)
accepted
Genus
Ringicula (Ringiculopsis) larteti Chavan, 1947 † accepted as Ringiculopsis larteti (Chavan, 1947) † (type by original designation)
Ringicula (Ringiculopsis) Chavan, 1947 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Ringiculopsis foveolata (Yokoyama, 1928)
- Species Ringiculopsis nipponica (Kuroda, 1961) accepted as Ringiculopsis foveolata (Yokoyama, 1928)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Ringicula (Ringiculopsis) Chavan, 1947) Chavan, A. (1947) La faune campanienne du Mont des Oliviers d'après les matériaux Vignal-Massé. Journal de Conchyliologie, 87, 125–197, pls. 2–4.
page(s): 132 [details]
page(s): 132 [details]
Status The status of this genus is questionable. It is currently in use for extant species, but the type species is derived from...
Status The status of this genus is questionable. It is currently in use for extant species, but the type species is derived from Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) strata. Kiel & Bandel (2001) considered it a synonym of Ringicula. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ringiculopsis Chavan, 1947. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580282 on 2026-08-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ringicula (Ringiculopsis) Chavan, 1947) Chavan, A. (1947) La faune campanienne du Mont des Oliviers d'après les matériaux Vignal-Massé. Journal de Conchyliologie, 87, 125–197, pls. 2–4.
page(s): 132 [details]
basis of record Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 132 [details]
basis of record Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Kano, Y.; Brenzinger, B.; Nützel, A.; Wilson, N. G.; Schrödl, M. (2016). Ringiculid bubble snails recovered as the sister group to sea slugs (Nudipleura). <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 6(1): 30908., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/srep30908 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Status The status of this genus is questionable. It is currently in use for extant species, but the type species is derived from Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) strata. Kiel & Bandel (2001) considered it a synonym of Ringicula. [details]
