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Pirula ficus

Gastropoda - Ficidae

Taxonomy
Bulla ficus was named by Gmelin (1791). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Ficus ficus by Röding (1798); it was recombined as Pyrula ficus by Lamarck (1822), Martin (1879); it was recombined as Pirula ficus by Vredenburg (1925).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Bulla ficus Gmelin
1798Ficus ficus Röding
1822Pyrula ficus Lamarck p. 141
1879Pyrula ficus Martin p. 57
1925Pirula ficus Vredenburg p. 291

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyFicoideaMeek 1864
familyFicidaeMeek 1864
genusPirulaRöding 1798
speciesficus(Gmelin 1791)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pirula ficus Gmelin 1791
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Pyrula ficus (70098)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan Pirula ficus (77133)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Pakistan Ficus ficus (55401)