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Ficus Röding, 1798

205605  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205605)

accepted
Genus
Murex ficus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by absolute tautonymy)
Ficopsis Conrad, 1866 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ficula Swainson, 1835 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ficus (Ficopsis) Conrad, 1866 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Fusus (Hemifusus) Swainson, 1840 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pirula Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (of Pyrula Lamarck, 1799)
Pyrula Lamarck, 1799 · unaccepted
Sycotypus J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Ficus dandrimonti Lorenz, 2012
  2. Species Ficus eospila (Péron & Lesueur, 1807)
  3. Species Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  4. Species Ficus filosa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
  5. Species Ficus gracilis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
  6. Species Ficus investigatoris (E. A. Smith, 1894)
  7. Species Ficus papyratia (Say, 1822)
  8. Species Ficus pellucida Deshayes, 1856
  9. Species Ficus schneideri H. Morrison, 2016
  10. Species Ficus variegata Röding, 1798
  11. Species Ficus ventricosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
  12. Species Ficus vosi H. Morrison, 2020
  13. Species Ficus atlanticus Clench & Aguayo, 1940 accepted as Ficus pellucida Deshayes, 1856 (Synonym)
  14. Species Ficus carolae Clench, 1945 accepted as Ficus papyratia carolae Clench, 1945 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  15. Species Ficus communis Röding, 1798 accepted as Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
  16. Species Ficus ficoides (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
  17. Species Ficus filosus [sic] accepted as Ficus filosa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) (Incorrect gender ending)
  18. Species Ficus howelli Clench & Aguayo, 1940 accepted as Ficus pellucida Deshayes, 1856 (Synonym)
  19. Species Ficus lindae Petuch, 1988 accepted as Ficus papyratia lindae Petuch, 1988 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Ficus margaretae Iredale, 1931 accepted as Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
  21. Species Ficus pellucidus [sic] accepted as Ficus pellucida Deshayes, 1856 (Incorrect gender ending)
  22. Species Ficus picta Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  23. Species Ficus sewelli (Prashad, 1927) accepted as Ficus investigatoris (E. A. Smith, 1894) (junior synonym)
  24. Species Ficus tessellatus (Kobelt, 1881) accepted as Ficus eospila (Péron & Lesueur, 1807) (Synonym - Incorrect gender ending)
  25. Species Ficus variegatus [sic] accepted as Ficus variegata Röding, 1798 (Incorrect gender ending)
  26. Species Ficus ventricosus [sic] accepted as Ficus ventricosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (Incorrect gender ending)
  27. Species Ficus villai Petuch, 1998 accepted as Ficus papyratia villai Petuch, 1998 (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 148 [details]   
Nomenclature Ficus is feminine in gender.  
Nomenclature Ficus is feminine in gender. [details]

Nomenclature Röding listed "Bulla ficus" [Murex ficus Linnaeus, 1758] in the synonymy of Ficus communis Röding, 1798, and Murex ficus...  
Nomenclature Röding listed "Bulla ficus" [Murex ficus Linnaeus, 1758] in the synonymy of Ficus communis Röding, 1798, and Murex ficus is thus the type species of Ficus by tautonymy. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Ficus Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205605 on 2024-03-29
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2001-11-13 17:05:14Z
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2006-09-12 06:54:36Z
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Martinez, Olga
2009-09-20 14:01:55Z
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2016-03-14 19:48:31Z
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2017-10-07 15:40:33Z
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original description Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 148 [details]   

original description  (of Pirula Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): vol. 2 p. 486 [details]   

original description  (of Sycotypus J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): p. 135 [details]   

original description  (of Pyrula Lamarck, 1799) Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 73 [details]   

original description  (of Ficula Swainson, 1835) Swainson, W. (1835). The elements of modern conchology. Baldwin & Cradock, London, 62 pp., available online at http://books.google.fr/books?id=0eW-_B8V6IQC
page(s): p. 21-22, n. 105. [details]   

original description  (of Ficopsis Conrad, 1866 †) Conrad, T. A. (1866). Further observations on Mr. Gabb's palaeontology of California. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> Volume 2(2), pp. 97-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15841063
page(s): p. 100. [details]   

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G.T. (2000) <i> A Conchological Iconography</i> 3: <i>The family Ficidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. [details]   

additional source Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 73 [details]   
 
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Nomenclature Ficus is feminine in gender. [details]

Nomenclature Röding listed "Bulla ficus" [Murex ficus Linnaeus, 1758] in the synonymy of Ficus communis Röding, 1798, and Murex ficus is thus the type species of Ficus by tautonymy. [details]