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

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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