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Ficus pellucida

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Scientific name
  
Ficus pellucida

Phylum
  
Rank
  
Species

Ficus pellucida

Similar
  
Ficus, Ficidae, Ficus gracilis, Ficus ficus

Ficus pellucida, common name the Atlantic fig shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ficidae, the fig shells.

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Distribution

This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea (along Cuba and Hispaniola), the Lesser Antilles and in the Atlantic Ocean from Venezuela to East Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 70 mm.

Exoskeletons of Ficus pellucida

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 73 m; maximum recorded depth is 823 m.

References

Ficus pellucida Wikipedia


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