Ficopsis
| Ficopsis Temporal range: Paleocene - Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| 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
- ↑ 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)
External links
- Ficopsis in the Paleobiology Database
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