Ficopsis moharrami Abbass 1967 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154

Belongs to Ficopsis according to H. L. Abbass 1967

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, Gonysycon epomis, Ficus (Diconoficus) meridionalis, Ficus (Diconoficus) austrinus, Fusoficula juvenis, Fusoficula angelinensis, Pyrula microtricha, Pyrula dussumieri, Pyrula clathrata, Pirula menengtengana, Pyrula jamesi, Pyrula elegans, Pyrula ficoides, Pirula promensis, Pyrula reticulata, Pyrula cancellata, Pyrula penita, Pyrula micronematica, Pyrula cochlidium, Pyrula laevigata, Pyrula pondicherriensis, Pirula (Protopirula), Pyrula peruviana, Pyrula nexilis, Pyrula subcarinata, Pirula ficus, Ficopsis furlongi, Ficopsis otaria, Ficopsis remondii, Ficopsis meganosensis, Ficopsis cooperii, Ficopsis hornii, Ficopsis viejoensis, Ficopsis (Fulguroficus), Ficopsis tuberculata

Type specimen: G447, a shell.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Egypt 9 (Mokattam) (Eocene of Egypt)

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