Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299
Belongs to Ficus according to R. L. Squires 2014
See also Conrad 1848, Harris and Palmer 1947, Mansfield 1940 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Ficus (Ficus), Ficus (Trophosycon), Ficus affinis, Ficus aligera, Ficus allenmanae, Ficus angustata, Ficus bernardi, Ficus carbasea, Ficus carolina, Ficus carriacouensis, Ficus chehalisensis, Ficus chinguensis, Ficus chiraensis, Ficus colombiana, Ficus communis, Ficus concinnus, Ficus condita, Ficus conditus, Ficus decussata, Ficus distans, Ficus gayana, Ficus gesteri, Ficus gibsonsmithi, Ficus greenwoodi, Ficus harrisi, Ficus huzayeni, Ficus kachhensis, Ficus knowltoni, Ficus lanceolata, Ficus lanzi, Ficus lindae, Ficus lisselonga, Ficus lisselongata, Ficus lucidus, Ficus macrophylla, Ficus mamillata, Ficus maxima, Ficus membranacea, Ficus merita, Ficus microphylla, Ficus modesta, Ficus montana, Ficus multiformis, Ficus multinervis, Ficus myricoides, Ficus nervosa, Ficus nexilis, Ficus ovalis, Ficus pamotanensis, Ficus papyratia, Ficus paraensis, Ficus pilsbryi, Ficus posadasensis, Ficus remondii, Ficus rodeoensis, Ficus sinuosa, Ficus spectabilis, Ficus tricarinatus, Ficus variegata, Ficus woodringi, Pirula promensis, Pirula ficus, Pyrula penita, Pyrula elegans, Pyrula dussumieri, Pyrula subcarinata, Pyrula pondicherriensis, Pyrula clathrata, Pyrula microtricha, Pyrula laevigata, Pyrula jamesi, Pyrula micronematica, Pirula (Protopirula), Pyrula peruviana, Pyrula cochlidium, Pyrula ficoides, Pirula menengtengana, Pyrula cancellata, Pyrula nexilis, Pyrula reticulata, Gonysycon epomis, Ficopsis viejoensis, Ficopsis moharrami, Ficopsis otaria, Ficopsis tuberculata, Ficopsis hornii, Ficopsis cooperii, Ficopsis (Fulguroficus), Ficopsis furlongi, Ficopsis remondii, Ficopsis meganosensis, Fusoficula juvenis, Fusoficula angelinensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Mexico (7 collections), United States (18: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina)
• Eocene of Panama (1), United States (1: Louisiana)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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