Ficus filosa

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Ficus filosa
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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 filosaSowerby, G. B. (III), 1892
Pyrula reticulataLamarck, 1822
Ficus filosus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)

Contents

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

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References

  1. 1 2 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 .