Ficus eospila

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Ficus eospila
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ficidae
Genus: Ficus
Species:
F. eospila
Binomial name
Ficus eospila
(Péron & Lesueur, 1807)
Synonyms [1]

Ficus tessellata(Kobelt, 1881)
Pyrula eospilaPéron & Lesueur, 1807

Contents

Ficus eospila is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ficidae, the fig shells. [1]

Description

Distribution

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References

  1. 1 2 Ficus eospila (Péron & Lesueur, 1807) . WoRMS (2009). Ficus eospila (Péron & Lesueur, 1807). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414655 on 6 June 2010 .