Ficus merita Harris and Palmer 1947 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Full reference: G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer. 1947. The Mollusca of the Mississippi Embayment (Sabine River to the Alabama River). Pt. II. Univalves and index. Bulletins of American Paleontology 30(117):207-563

Belongs to Ficus according to R. L. Squires 2014

See also Harris and Palmer 1947

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 kachhensis, Ficus knowltoni, Ficus lanceolata, Ficus lanzi, Ficus lindae, Ficus lisselonga, Ficus lisselongata, Ficus lucidus, Ficus macrophylla, Ficus mamillata, Ficus maxima, Ficus membranacea, 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, Pyrula cancellata, Pirula menengtengana, Pyrula pondicherriensis, Pyrula ficoides, Pyrula penita, Pyrula subcarinata, Pirula ficus, Pyrula micronematica, Pirula (Protopirula), Pyrula peruviana, Pyrula clathrata, Pyrula dussumieri, Pyrula nexilis, Pirula promensis, Pyrula reticulata, Pyrula jamesi, Pyrula cochlidium, Pyrula microtricha, Pyrula elegans, Pyrula laevigata, Ficopsis hornii, Ficopsis (Fulguroficus), Ficopsis tuberculata, Ficopsis otaria, Ficopsis meganosensis, Ficopsis moharrami, Ficopsis cooperii, Ficopsis remondii, Ficopsis furlongi, Ficopsis viejoensis, Ficus (Diconoficus) austrinus, Ficus (Diconoficus) meridionalis, Fusoficula juvenis, Fusoficula angelinensis, Gonysycon epomis

Type specimen: PRI 4644, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: Louisiana, Mississippi collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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