Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Alternative combination: Pyrula otaria
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)
Belongs to Ficopsis according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Olsson 1928
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 mississippiensis, 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 tuberculata, Ficopsis hornii, Ficopsis cooperii, Ficopsis (Fulguroficus), Ficopsis furlongi, Ficopsis remondii, Ficopsis meganosensis, Fusoficula juvenis, Fusoficula angelinensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Negritos [Saman Conglomerate, Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Negritos [Saman Conglomerate, Saman Fm]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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