Ficus carbasea Guppy 1866 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Alternative combinations: Ficula carbasea, Pyrula carbasea

Synonym: Pyrula trinitaria Maury 1925

Belongs to Ficus according to R. L. Squires 2014

See also Landau and Marques da Silva 2010

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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Mexico (1 collection), Venezuela (3)

• Miocene of Colombia (8), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (3)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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