Ficus gracilis

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

Ficus gracilis
Five views of a shell of Ficus gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Ficoidea
Family: Ficidae
Genus: Ficus
Species:
F. gracilis
Binomial name
Ficus gracilis
Synonyms
  • Pyrula dussumieri Kiener, 1840
  • Pyrula gracilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 (original combination)

References

  1. Ficus gracilis (Sowerby, G. B. (I), 1825). WoRMS (2012). Ficus filosus (Sowerby, G. B. (III), 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214984 on 5 December 2012 .
  • Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G.T. (2000) A Conchological Iconography 3: The family Ficidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.


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