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Family
Ficidae
Meek, 1864 (1840)
- fig snails
(mollusc)
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Entity:
Ficoidea (Superfamily)
..Ficidae (Family) - fig snails
....Ficus (Genus)
....Thalassocyon (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
F.B. Meek, 1864 (1840)
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Ficoidea
(Superfamily)
Meek, 1864 (1840)
Type
:
Ficus
(Genus)
Röding, 1798
Ref:
P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005
: 77.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Ficulidae
(Family)
Carpenter, 1857
Ref:
P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005
: 250.
Synonymous name
:
Pirulidae
(Family)
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1011.
Synonymous name
:
Pyrulidae
(Family)
Ref:
K.J. Boss, 1982
: 1011.
Synonymous name
:
Pyrulinae
(Subfamily)
Swainson, 1840
Ref:
P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005
: 250.
Synonymous name
:
Sycotypidae
(Family)
Gray, 1853
Ref:
P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005
: 250.
Including
:
Thalassocyonidae
(Family)
Riedel, 1995
Ref:
P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005
: 250.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
fig snails
:
fig shells
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