Ficopsis

Ficopsis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ficidae
Genus: †
Conrad, 1866[1]

Ficopsis is an extinct genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ficidae, the fig snails.

This species lived from the Paleocene to the Miocene in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.

References

  1. ^ Conrad T. A. (1866). "Further observations on Mr. Gabb's Palaeontology of California". American Journal of Conchology 2: 97-100. page 100.

Further reading

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 126)
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