Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Full reference: B. L. Clark and A. O. Woodford. 1927. The geology and paleontology of the type section of the Meganos Formation (lower Middle Eocene) of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 17(2):63-142
Belongs to Ficopsis according to A. E. Oleinik and L. Marincovich 2003
See also Clark and Woodford 1927 and Turner 1938
Sister taxa: Ficus (Ficus), Ficus (Trophosycon), Ficus affinis, Ficus aligera, Ficus allenmanae, Ficus angustata, Ficus australis, Ficus bernardi, Ficus carbasea, Ficus carolina, Ficus carriacouensis, Ficus chehalisensis, 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, Ficus wynoochensis, Ficus (Diconoficus) meridionalis, Ficus (Diconoficus) austrinus, Ficopsis tuberculata, Ficopsis moharrami, Ficopsis cooperii, Ficopsis otaria, Ficopsis viejoensis, Ficopsis remondii, Ficopsis furlongi, Ficopsis (Fulguroficus), Ficopsis hornii, Fusoficula angelinensis, Fusoficula juvenis, Pyrula reticulata, Pirula ficus, Pyrula cochlidium, Pyrula micronematica, Pirula menengtengana, Pirula (Protopirula), Pyrula dussumieri, Pyrula pondicherriensis, Pyrula peruviana, Pyrula cancellata, Pyrula nexilis, Pyrula jamesi, Pyrula elegans, Pyrula microtricha, Pyrula clathrata, Pyrula laevigata, Pyrula subcarinata, Pyrula penita, Pirula promensis, Pyrula ficoides, Gonysycon epomis
Type specimen: UCMP 31240, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (6: California)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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