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Ficopsis

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Ficopsis
Temporal range: Paleocene - Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ficidae
Genus: Ficopsis
Conrad, 1866[1]

Ficopsis is an extinct genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ficidae, the fig snails.

This species lived from the Paleocene[citation needed] to the Miocene[citation needed] in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.

References

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  1. ^ Conrad T. A. (1866). "Further observations on Mr. Gabb's Palaeontology of California". American Journal of Conchology 2: 97-100. page 100.

Further reading

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  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 126)
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