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Ficus (gastropod)

Ficus is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ficidae, the fig shells.

This is the type of the family Ficidae. Previously it has been categorized in the family Muricidae by Tryon, 1873) and Tritonidae (by Mörch)

Description

The light, pyriform shell is ventricose, ribbed, and cancellated. The spire very short. The aperture large. The smooth columella is simple. The elongated canal is straight. The thin outer lip is entire. There is no umbilicus.

Species

Species within the genus Ficus include:

Species brought into synonymy:
  • Ficus atlanticus <small>Clench & Aguayo, 1940</small> : synonym of Ficus pellucida <small>Deshayes, 1856</small>
  • Ficus carolae <small>Clench, 1945</small> : synonym of Ficus papyratia carolae <small>Clench, 1945</small>
  • Ficus communis <small>Röding, 1798</small> : synonym of Ficus ficus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
  • Ficus ficoides <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small> : synonym of Ficus ficus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
  • Ficus filosus <small>(Sowerby III, 1892)</small> : synonym of Ficus filosa <small>(Sowerby III, 1892)</small>
  • Ficus howelli <small>Clench & Aguayo, 1940</small> : synonym of Ficus pellucida <small>Deshayes, 1856</small>
  • Ficus lindae <small>Petuch, 1988</small> : synonym of Ficus papyratia lindae <small>Petuch, 1988</small>
  • Ficus margaretae <small>Iredale, 1931</small> : synonym of Ficus ficus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
  • Ficus pellucidus <small>Deshayes, 1856</small> accepted as Ficus pellucida <small>Deshayes, 1856</small>
  • Ficus subintermedius <small>(d'Orbigny, 1852)</small> : synonym of Ficus subintermedia <small>(d'Orbigny, 1852)</small>
  • Ficus tessellatus <small>(Kobelt, 1881)</small> : synonym of Ficus eospila <small>(Péron & Lesueur, 1807)</small>
  • Ficus variegatus <small>Röding, 1798</small> : synonym of Ficus variegata <small>Röding, 1798</small>
  • Ficus ventricosus <small>(Sowerby I, 1825)</small> : synonym of Ficus ventricosa <small>(Sowerby I, 1825)</small>
  • Ficus villai <small>Petuch, 1998</small>: synonym of Ficus papyratia villai <small>Petuch, 1998</small>

References

  • Lamarck J.-B. (M. de) (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 63-91
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
  • Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G. T., 2000 A Conchological Iconography (3), The Family Ficidae
  • Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526; page(s): 107; note: type species fixation

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