Ficus filosa

Ficus filosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ficidae
Genus: Ficus
Species:
F. filosa
Binomial name
Ficus filosa
(Sowerby III, 1892)
Synonyms[1]

Pyrula filosa Sowerby, G. B. (III), 1892
Pyrula reticulata Lamarck, 1822
Ficus filosus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)

Ficus filosus, common name: the threaded fig shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ficidae, the fig shells.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 47 mm and 120 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and Australia

References

  1. ^ a b Ficus filosus (Sowerby, G. B. (III), 1892). WoRMS (2009). Ficus filosus (Sowerby, G. B. (III), 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527725 on 6 June 2010 .
  • Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G. T., 2000 A Conchological Iconography (3), The Family Ficidae page(s): 12
  • "Ficus filosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 February 2011.


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