Ficus variegata (gastropod)

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Ficus variegata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ficidae
Genus: Ficus
Species:
F. variegata
Binomial name
Ficus variegata
Röding, 1798 [1]
Synonyms

Ficus variegatusRöding, 1798 (Incorrect gender ending)

Contents

Ficus variegata, common name the true fig shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ficidae, the fig shells. [2]

Description

The shell size varies between 45mm and 120mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East Arabia and in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.

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References

  1. Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia. page(s): 148
  2. Ficus variegatus Röding, 1798 . WoRMS (2009). Ficus variegata Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527727 on 6 June 2010 .