Ficopsis

Ficopsis
Temporal range: Paleocene - Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ficidae
Genus: †Ficopsis
Conrad, 1866

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.

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