Ficus ficus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Ficidae |
Genus: | Ficus |
Species: | F. ficus
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Binomial name | |
Ficus ficus | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Ficus ficus or the paper fig shell is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ficidae, the fig shells. [1]
Ficus ficus is found in the Indian Ocean and the West Pacific.
Ficus ficus is an unusual shaped thin shell being somewhat pear-shaped with a long narrow aperture and four whorls. The spire is tiny. The shell may reach 5 ins (12 cm) in length. The maximum recorded shell length is 145 mm. [2] There is a trellis-like sculpture of fine striations on the pinkish surface. The inside is orange and there is no operculum. There is a large foot with two curved flaps near the head and a single long siphon. [3]
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m.; maximum recorded depth is 176 m. [2]