Ficus (Diconoficus) meridionalis Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Full reference: J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Belongs to Ficus (Diconoficus) according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992

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

Type specimen: USNM 441701, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at IPS 2, Seymour Island (Eocene of Antarctica)

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