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Ficus ventricosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ficidae
Genus: Ficus
Species: F. ventricosa
Binomial name
Ficus ventricosa
(Sowerby I, 1825)
Synonyms

Pyrula ventricosa Sowerby I, 1825
Ficus ventricosa (Sowerby I, 1825) (Incorrect gender ending)

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.

Description

The adult shell size varies between 70 mm and 150 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2011)

Distribution

This species is found in the Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico, and in the Pacific Ocean off Peru.

References

  1. ^ 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 .

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Taxon identifiers
Ficus ventricosa


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