Ficus Röding 1798 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Synonyms: Busycon (Sycotypus) Gill 1867, Diconoficus Covacevich and Frassinnetti 1983, Ficopsis Conrad 1866, Ficula Swainson 1840, Ficus (Diconoficus) Covacevich and Frassinnetti 1983, Ficus (Ficopsis) Conrad 1866, Fusoficula Sacco 1890, Gonysycon Woodring 1959, Melongena (Pyrula) Lamarck 1799, Pirula Lamarck 1799, Pyrula Lamarck 1799, Pyrula (Ficula) Swainson 1840, Sycotypus Gill 1867

Parent taxon: Ficidae according to R. L. Squires 2014

See also Abbass 1967, Addicott 1970, Chiesa et al. 1995, DeVries 1997, Durham 1944, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999, Gardner 1947, Gardner 1948, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2002, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser 2007, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, Hendy et al. 2008, Hickman 1980, Ladd 1977, Ladd 1982, Landau and Marques da Silva 2010, Le Renard and Pacaud 1995, MacNeil 1960, Marasti 1973, Martin 1904, Mukerjee 1939, Olsson 1931, Palmer 1923, Perrilliat 1987, Petuch 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Todd 2001, Turner 1938, Vredenburg 1921, Wienrich 2001 and Woodring 1959

Sister taxa: Austroficopsis, Bulbificopsis, Perissolax, Priscoficus, Pseudogaleodea, Sycodes, Thalassocyon, Urosyca

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

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Eritrea (3), Fiji (1), India (2), Italy (1), Japan (1), Pakistan (1), Sudan (1), Tanzania (1), United States (13: Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina), Vanuatu (1), Yemen (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Italy (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1)

• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (3), Ecuador (3), Fiji (1), India (1), Italy (2), Jamaica (4), Mexico (5), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (3), Panama (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Portugal (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (16: California, Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (5)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Aruba (1), the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (5), Argentina (12), Austria (4), Belgium (11), Brazil (7), Chile (6), Colombia (10), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (19), France (7), Germany (20), Greece (2), Grenada (14), Haiti (1), India (9), Indonesia (3), Italy (12), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), Myanmar (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (3), Pakistan (5), Panama (29), Peru (6), Poland (1), Romania (1), Slovakia (1), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Turkey (2), United States (29: California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Oregon, South Carolina), Venezuela (8)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Denmark (1), Hungary (2), India (1), Iran (1), Israel (1), Mexico (7), Myanmar (3), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (2), Panama (6), Peru (1), United States (32: Alabama, California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington), Venezuela (1)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)

• Eocene of Angola (3), Antarctica (3), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (4), Egypt (1), France (15), Italy (2), the Netherlands Antilles (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), Peru (7), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (15), United States (244: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (2), Germany (1), Greenland (3), Poland (2), United States (25: California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)

• Devonian of Germany (1)

Total: 729 collections including 832 occurrences

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