Paper Fig Shell

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(Linnaeus, 1758)

Ficus ficus

Paper Fig Shell

Phylum:

Mollusca

Taxonomy

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Littorinimorpha

Family:

Ficidae

AMNH MIC-MO-G-038

Shell Information

Maximum length (mm): 145

Chirality:

Dextral

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

North Carolina to Gulf of Mexico

Depth (m):

0 to 176 meters

Diet:

Carnivore

Habitat:

Works Cited

MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214982 on 2022-09-28
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/