Ficopsis furlongi Palmer 1923 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Full reference: D. B. K. Palmer. 1923. A fauna from the Middle Eocene shales near Vacaville, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(8):289-318

Belongs to Ficopsis according to D. B. K. Palmer 1923

Sister taxa: Ficus (Ficus), Ficus (Trophosycon), Ficus affinis, Ficus aligera, Ficus allenmanae, Ficus angustata, Ficus bernardi, Ficus carbasea, Ficus carolina, Ficus carriacouensis, 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, Pyrula nexilis, Pirula (Protopirula), Pyrula elegans, Pyrula pondicherriensis, Pirula ficus, Pyrula penita, Pirula promensis, Pyrula cochlidium, Pyrula jamesi, Pyrula peruviana, Pyrula ficoides, Pyrula subcarinata, Pirula menengtengana, Pyrula micronematica, Pyrula clathrata, Pyrula dussumieri, Pyrula cancellata, Pyrula microtricha, Pyrula reticulata, Pyrula laevigata, Gonysycon epomis, Ficopsis tuberculata, Ficopsis remondii, Ficopsis hornii, Ficopsis meganosensis, Ficopsis otaria, Ficopsis (Fulguroficus), Ficopsis cooperii, Ficopsis moharrami, Ficopsis viejoensis, Fusoficula angelinensis, Fusoficula juvenis

Type specimen: UCMP 30592, a partial shell. Its type locality is UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville

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