Biology:Ficus filosa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Ficus filosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ficidae
Genus: Ficus
Species:
F. filosa
Binomial name
Ficus filosa
(Sowerby III, 1892)
Synonyms[1]

Pyrula filosa Sowerby, G. B. (III), 1892
Pyrula reticulata Lamarck, 1822
Ficus filosus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)

Ficus filosus, common name: the threaded fig shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ficidae, the fig shells.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 47 mm and 120 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and Australia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ficus filosus (Sowerby, G. B. (III), 1892). WoRMS (2009). Ficus filosus (Sowerby, G. B. (III), 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527725 on 6 June 2010 .
  • Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G. T., 2000 A Conchological Iconography (3), The Family Ficidae page(s): 12

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5446608 entry