Ficus kachhensis Vredenburg 1925 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Alternative combination: Pirula kachhensis

Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1925. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(1):1-350

Belongs to Ficus according to R. L. Squires 2014

See also Harzhauser et al. 2009 and Vredenburg 1925

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

Type specimen: Unknown number, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (1 collection), Pakistan (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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