Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Full reference: D. B. K. Palmer. 1923. A fauna from the Middle Eocene shales near Vacaville, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(8):289-318
Belongs to Ficopsis according to D. B. K. Palmer 1923
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 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, Fusoficula angelinensis, Fusoficula juvenis, Ficopsis (Fulguroficus), Ficopsis viejoensis, Ficopsis moharrami, Ficopsis remondii, Ficopsis meganosensis, Ficopsis tuberculata, Ficopsis hornii, Ficopsis cooperii, Ficopsis otaria, Gonysycon epomis, Pyrula reticulata, Pyrula peruviana, Pyrula subcarinata, Pyrula elegans, Pyrula laevigata, Pyrula dussumieri, Pyrula pondicherriensis, Pyrula nexilis, Pyrula microtricha, Pirula ficus, Pyrula penita, Pyrula micronematica, Pyrula cochlidium, Pirula (Protopirula), Pirula menengtengana, Pyrula clathrata, Pyrula cancellata, Pirula promensis, Pyrula ficoides, Pyrula jamesi
Type specimen: UCMP 30592, a partial shell. Its type locality is UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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