Ficus gracilis
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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|image_caption = Five views of a shell of Ficus gracilis
|genus = Ficus (gastropod)
|species = gracilis
|authority = (Sowerby G. B. I, 1825)
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|synonyms=
- Pyrula dussumieri Kiener, 1840
- Pyrula gracilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 (original combination)
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Ficus gracilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ficidae, the fig shells.{{WRMS species|214984 |Ficus gracilis (Sowerby, G. B. (I), 1825)|||WoRMS (2012). Ficus filosus (Sowerby, G. B. (III), 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at
Description
A thin-shelled species, attaining a size of 95-100 mm.
Distribution
References
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- Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G.T. (2000) A Conchological Iconography 3: The family Ficidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
- Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.
External links
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- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421 Sowerby, G. B. I. (1825). A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp.]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19742 Kiener L.C. 1840-1841. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 6. Famille des Canalifères. Deuxième partie. Genres Pyrule (Pyrula), Lamarck, pp. 1-34, pl. 1-15]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1825
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