Ficus gibsonsmithi Beu 2010 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Full reference: A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550

Belongs to Ficus according to R. L. Squires 2014

See also Beu 2010 and Landau and Marques da Silva 2010

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

Type specimen: NMB H 18340, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (15 collections)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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