FICUS Röding, 1798
Ficus Röding, 1798; Vaught, 1989: 36 [Ficidae]; Pacaud & Le Renard, 1995: 164 [Ficidae], Pyrula Lamarck, 1798, Pirula Montfort, 1810 (non Wood, 1835), Otus Risso, 1826 (non Pennant, 1769), Ficula Swainson, 1835, Sycotypus Gray, 1847, Syctopus Conrad, 1856 (error pro Sycotypus Gray, 1847), Syctyphus Gabb, 1861 (error pro Sycotypus Gray, 1847); Subgenus: FULGUROFICUS Grabau, 1904, Fulguroficus Grabau, 1904, Ficus (Fulguroficus); Pacaud & Le Renard, 1995: 164 [Ficidae]; Subgenus: PRISCOFICUS Conrad, 1866, Priscoficus Conrad, 1866, Ficus (Priscoficus); Pacaud & Le Renard, 1995: 164 [Ficidae]; Subgenus: FICOPSIS Conrad, 1866, Ficopsis Conrad, 1866, Ficus (Ficopsis); Pacaud & Le Renard, 1995: 164 [Ficidae] Ref.:
Millard, V.G., 1997. Classification of Mollusca. p.119. |
 Ficus carolae Clench, 1945 - Florida, 90-105mm; separated from F. communis by the differences in the micro surface sculpture; taken in trawler nets.
Ref.:
Clench, W. J. 1945b. The genus Ficus in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(18) 1-3. |
 Ficus investigatoris E.A. Smith, 1906 - Somalia, 95mm - A deepwater Indian Ocean species. Trawlers working off the Somalian coast brought up a number of specimens in the early 1990's. It has rarely surfaced in recent years.
Ref.:
; Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G. T., 2000 A Conchological Iconography (3), The Family Ficidae
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