Ficus papyratia Say 1822 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Alternative combination: Pyrula papyratia

Belongs to Ficus according to R. L. Squires 2014

See also Brown and Pilsbry 1911 and Hendy et al. 2008

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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: Florida collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Mexico (1)

• Pliocene of Mexico (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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