Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Ringiculimorpha > Superfamily Ringiculoidea > Family Ringiculidae > Genus Ringicula

Ringicula nitida A. E. Verrill, 1872

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ringicula*	Deshayes, 1838	accepted genus name
*Ringicula (Plicatra)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Ringicula (Ringactaeon)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym
*Ringicula (Ringicula)*	Deshayes, 1838	synonym
*Ringicula (Ringiculina)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Ringiculina*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym

Literature

original description	Verrill, A. E. (1872-1874). Results of recent dredging expeditions on the coast of New England. American Journal of Science and Arts. ser. 3, 5: 1-16 [issue for January 1873; separate copies distributed 13 Dec. 1872]; 5: 98-106 [Feb. 1873]; 6: 435-441 [Dec. 1873]; 7: 38-46 [Jan. 1874]; 7: 131-138 [Feb. 1874]; 7: 405-414, pls 4-5 [April 1874]; 7: 498-505, pls 6-8 [May 1874].
additional source	Mariottini P., Smriglio C. & Oliverio M. (2000). The Ringicula leptocheila complex, with the description of a new species (Opisthobranchia Ringiculidae). Bollettino Malacologico 36(5-8): 71-82
subsequent type designation	Johnson, R. I. (1989). Molluscan taxa of Addison Emery Verrill and Katharine Jeannette Bush, including those introduced by Sanderson Smith and Alpheus Hyatt Verrill. Occasional Papers on Mollusks. 5(67): 1-144.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ringicula nitida A. E. Verrill, 1872. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156668