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Ficus ficus

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Kingdom
  
Scientific name
  
Ficus ficus

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Family
  
Phylum
  
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Similar
  
Ficus, Ficidae, Ficus gracilis, Lyncina vitellus, Haustellum haustellum

Ficus ficus or the paper fig shell is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ficidae, the fig shells.

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Distribution

Ficus ficus is found in the Indian Ocean and the West Pacific.

Description

Ficus ficus is an unusual shaped thin shell being somewhat pear-shaped with a long narrow aperture and four whorls. The spire is tiny. The shell may reach 5 ins (12 cm) in length. The maximum recorded shell length is 145 mm. There is a trellis-like sculpture of fine striations on the pinkish surface. The inside is orange and there is no operculum. There is a large foot with two curved flaps near the head and a single long siphon.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 176 m.

References

Ficus ficus Wikipedia


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