Pirula menengtengana Martin 1899 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Alternative combination: Ficula menengtengana

Belongs to Pirula according to E. Vredenburg 1925

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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mekran beds - Koh-i-Dumak (Miocene of Pakistan)

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