Kingdom Animalia Family Ficidae Scientific name Ficus variegatus Higher classification Ficus | Superfamily Ficoidea Genus Ficus Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | |
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Similar Ficus, Ficidae, Ficus gracilis, Ficus ficus, Olive snail | ||
Ficus variegata, common name the true fig shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ficidae, the fig shells.
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Description
The shell size varies between 45 mm and 120 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East Arabia and in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.
References
Ficus variegata (gastropod) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA