Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Full reference: A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550
Belongs to Ficus according to A. G. Beu 2010
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 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, Ficopsis remondii, Ficopsis moharrami, Ficopsis otaria, Ficopsis viejoensis, Ficopsis furlongi, Ficopsis tuberculata, Ficopsis hornii, Ficopsis (Fulguroficus), Ficopsis meganosensis, Ficopsis cooperii, Pirula ficus, Pyrula cochlidium, Pyrula elegans, Pyrula microtricha, Pyrula laevigata, Pyrula pondicherriensis, Pyrula dussumieri, Pyrula ficoides, Pyrula reticulata, Pyrula subcarinata, Pyrula micronematica, Pyrula nexilis, Pirula promensis, Pyrula penita, Pyrula jamesi, Pyrula clathrata, Pirula menengtengana, Pyrula cancellata, Pyrula peruviana, Pirula (Protopirula), Gonysycon epomis, Fusoficula angelinensis, Fusoficula juvenis
Type specimen: NMB H 18335, a shell. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 16866 - Río Cano [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Zanclean marine siltstone in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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