Ficus variegata (gastropod)

Ficus variegata, common name the true fig shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ficidae, the fig shells.[2]

This article is about the species of sea snail. For the species of tree, see Ficus variegata (plant).

Ficus variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ficidae
Genus: Ficus
Species:
F. variegata
Binomial name
Ficus variegata
Röding, 1798 [1]
Synonyms

Ficus variegatus Röding, 1798 (Incorrect gender ending)

Description

The shell size varies between 45 mm and 120 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East Arabia and in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.

References
  • Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G. T., 2000 A Conchological Iconography (3), The Family Ficidae page(s): 20
  1. Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia. page(s): 148
  2. Ficus variegatus Röding, 1798. WoRMS (2009). Ficus variegata Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527727 on 6 June 2010 .
  • "Ficus variegata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 February 2011.


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