Ficus ventricosus, common name the swollen fig shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ficidae, the fig shells.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Ficidae |
Genus: | Ficus |
Species: | F. ventricosa
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Binomial name | |
Ficus ventricosa (Sowerby I, 1825)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Pyrula ventricosa Sowerby I, 1825 |
Description
editThe adult shell size varies between 70 mm and 150 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is found in the Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico, and in the Pacific Ocean off Peru.
References
edit- ^ a b Ficus ventricosus (Sowerby, G. B. (I), 1825). WoRMS (2009). Ficus ventricosus (Sowerby, G. B. (I), 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527724 on 22 February 2011 .
External links
edit- "Ficus ventricosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 February 2011.