Acteonidae, Bullinidae and Ringiculidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Philippines
Author
Helwerda, Renate A.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3990
2
197
220
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.2
1740ec81-c55e-44ce-9a6d-cd62acd5d898
1175-5326
242947
BDF1BC11-4848-4858-99DC-0336A5FBEE2B
Ringicula
spec 2
(
Figure 28
)
Material.
Tiep2 (1)
RGM
961.751.
Characterization.
Shell moderately large, rather tall; H
5.78 mm
,
W
3.65
mm; protoconch rather elevated, 1.2 whorl, DP
0.22 mm
; nucleus small, DN
0.12 mm
; teleoconch with distinct subsutural ridge and groove; additional sculpture of 18 distinct spiral grooves on the body whorl; lip thick, crenulated; parietal callus with nearly obsolete lamella; posterior sinus rather deep.
Remarks.
This specimen is similar to
Ringicula bella
nov. spec. in its apertural characters, but its spire is more elevated, it has more whorls and the whorl profile is more globular. Furthermore, the spiral grooves are more pronounced, less numerous and the subsutural ridge is wider and discoloured.