Pirula ficus Gmelin 1791 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Alternative combinations: Bulla ficus, Ficus ficus, Pyrula ficus

Belongs to Pirula according to E. Vredenburg 1925

See also DeVries 1997 and Martin 1879

Sister taxa: Ficus (Ficus), Ficus (Trophosycon), Ficus affinis, Ficus aligera, Ficus allenmanae, Ficus angustata, 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 sycomorus, Ficus tricarinatus, Ficus variegata, Ficus woodringi, Ficus wynoochensis, Gonysycon epomis, Pyrula elegans, Pyrula micronematica, Pyrula ficoides, Pirula menengtengana, Pyrula subcarinata, Pyrula pondicherriensis, Pyrula dussumieri, Pyrula cochlidium, Pyrula nexilis, Pyrula reticulata, Pyrula peruviana, Pyrula clathrata, Pyrula laevigata, Pirula (Protopirula), Pyrula jamesi, Pyrula penita, Pyrula microtricha, Pyrula cancellata, Pirula promensis, Fusoficula angelinensis, Fusoficula juvenis, Ficopsis furlongi, Ficopsis meganosensis, Ficopsis moharrami, Ficopsis (Fulguroficus), Ficopsis cooperii, Ficopsis otaria, Ficopsis hornii, Ficopsis tuberculata, Ficopsis remondii, Ficopsis viejoensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Pakistan (1 collection)

• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Pakistan (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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