Ficopsis viejoensis Clark and Durham 1946 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Belongs to Ficopsis according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: Ficus (Ficus), Ficus (Trophosycon), Ficus affinis, Ficus aligera, Ficus allenmanae, Ficus angustata, Ficus bernardi, Ficus carbasea, Ficus carolina, Ficus carriacouensis, Ficus chinguensis, Ficus chiraensis, Ficus colombiana, Ficus communis, Ficus concinnus, Ficus condita, Ficus conditus, Ficus decussata, Ficus distans, Ficus gayana, Ficus gesteri, Ficus gibsonsmithi, Ficus greenwoodi, Ficus harrisi, Ficus huzayeni, Ficus kachhensis, Ficus knowltoni, Ficus lanceolata, Ficus lanzi, Ficus lindae, Ficus lisselonga, Ficus lisselongata, Ficus lucidus, Ficus macrophylla, Ficus mamillata, Ficus maxima, Ficus membranacea, Ficus merita, Ficus microphylla, Ficus mississippiensis, Ficus modesta, Ficus montana, Ficus multiformis, Ficus multinervis, Ficus myricoides, Ficus nervosa, Ficus nexilis, Ficus ovalis, Ficus pamotanensis, Ficus papyratia, Ficus paraensis, Ficus pilsbryi, Ficus posadasensis, Ficus remondii, Ficus rodeoensis, Ficus sinuosa, Ficus spectabilis, Ficus tricarinatus, Ficus variegata, Ficus woodringi, Ficopsis (Fulguroficus), Ficopsis meganosensis, Ficopsis otaria, Ficopsis hornii, Ficopsis tuberculata, Ficopsis remondii, Ficopsis moharrami, Ficopsis cooperii, Ficopsis furlongi, Fusoficula juvenis, Fusoficula angelinensis, Pirula promensis, Pyrula peruviana, Pyrula cancellata, Pyrula cochlidium, Pyrula jamesi, Pyrula ficoides, Pyrula penita, Pyrula nexilis, Pyrula microtricha, Pyrula micronematica, Pyrula elegans, Pirula menengtengana, Pirula ficus, Pyrula clathrata, Pyrula subcarinata, Pyrula dussumieri, Pirula (Protopirula), Pyrula laevigata, Pyrula pondicherriensis, Pyrula reticulata, Gonysycon epomis

Type specimen: CAS 34992, a partial shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at U.C. Location S. 8051 (Zone C) - Clark and Durham (1946) (Eocene of Colombia)

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