''Ficus filosus'', common name: the threaded fig shell, is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Ficidae
Ficidae, common name the fig shells are a family of medium to large marine gastropods. It is the only family in the superfamily Ficoidea.
According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Ficidae has no subfamilies ...
, the fig shells.
Description
The shell size varies between 47 mm and 120 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along
Japan and
Australia
References
* Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G. T., 2000 ''A Conchological Iconography (3), The Family Ficidae'' page(s): 12
External links
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Ficidae
Gastropods described in 1892
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