Biology:Ficopsis

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Short description: Extinct genus of gastropods

Ficopsis
Temporal range: Paleocene - Miocene
Scientific classification e
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Mollusca
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Gastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Caenogastropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Littorinimorpha
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Ficidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Ficopsis
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[citation needed] to the Miocene[citation needed] 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)

Wikidata ☰ Q3720624 entry