Ficopsis

Ficopsis
Temporal range: Paleocene - Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Ficoidea
Family: Ficidae
Genus: 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 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.

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