Ficus gesteri Wagner and Schilling 1923 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Full reference: C. M. Wagner and K. H. Schilling. 1923. The San Lorenzo Group of the San Emigdio region, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(6):235-276

Belongs to Ficus according to R. L. Squires 2014

See also Durham 1944 and Wagner and Schilling 1923

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 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 menengtengana, Pyrula penita, Pyrula cochlidium, Pirula (Protopirula), Pyrula cancellata, Pyrula subcarinata, Pyrula microtricha, Pyrula nexilis, Pyrula micronematica, Pyrula dussumieri, Pirula ficus, Pyrula clathrata, Pyrula peruviana, Pyrula ficoides, Pyrula pondicherriensis, Pyrula jamesi, Pirula promensis, Pyrula reticulata, Pyrula elegans, Pyrula laevigata, Ficopsis otaria, Ficopsis meganosensis, Ficopsis furlongi, Ficopsis viejoensis, Ficopsis hornii, Ficopsis remondii, Ficopsis (Fulguroficus), Ficopsis tuberculata, Ficopsis moharrami, Ficopsis cooperii, Fusoficula angelinensis, Fusoficula juvenis, Gonysycon epomis

Type specimen: UCMP 11425. Its type locality is Univ. Cal. Loc. 3182 - San Emigdio Fm, which is in an Eocene coastal shale/sandstone in the San Emigdio Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: California, Washington collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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