Ficus (gastropod)
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Ficus is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ficidae, the fig shells.[3]
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Ficus | |
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Dorsal view of a shell of Ficus gracilis | |
Five views of a shell of Ficus gracilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Ficoidea |
Family: | Ficidae |
Genus: | Ficus Röding, 1798[1][2] |
Type species | |
Ficus ficus | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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This is the type of the family Ficidae. Previously it has been categorized in the family Muricidae by Tryon, 1873) and Tritonidae (by Mörch)