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Ficidae
Ficidae, common name the fig shells are a family of medium to large marine gastropods. It is the only family in the superfamily Ficoidea. According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Ficidae has no subfamilies. The shells of these snails are shaped rather like figs or pears, hence the common name. The Ficidae were previously included in the Tonnaceae (now Tonnoidea) along with the Tonnidae and Cassididae. Distribution The family is found worldwide, mostly in tropical and subtropical silt and mud covered neritic zones. Shell description The shells of species in the Ficidae are thin but strong. They have a large aperture and a long siphonal canal, but an extremely low spire which does not protrude above the outline of the body whorl. Fig shells very often have subdued spiral ribbing, and are subtly patterned in shades of very pale brown and beige. Genera Genera within the family Ficidae include: * ''Ficus ''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ficus Gracilis
''Ficus gracilis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ficidae Ficidae, common name the fig shells are a family of medium to large marine gastropods. It is the only family in the superfamily Ficoidea. According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Ficidae has no subfamilies. ..., the fig shells. References * Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G.T. (2000) A Conchological Iconography 3: The family Ficidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks * Liu, J.Y. uiyu(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 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ficus (gastropod)
''Ficus'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ficidae, the fig shells.WoRMS (2010). Ficus Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205605 on 2011-02-22 This is the type of the family Ficidae. Previously it has been categorized in the family Muricidae by Tryon, 1873) and Tritonidae (by Mörch) Description The light, pyriform shell is ventricose, ribbed, and cancellated. The spire very short. The aperture large. The smooth columella is simple. The elongated canal is straight. The thin outer lip is entire. There is no umbilicus. Species Species within the genus ''Ficus'' include: * † '' Ficus condita'' (Brongniart, 1823) * '' Ficus dandrimonti'' Lorenz, 2012 * '' Ficus eospila'' (Péron & Lesueur, 1807) * † '' Ficus ficoides'' (Brocchi, 1814) * '' Ficus ficus'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Ficus filosa'' ( Sowerby III, 1892) * † '' Ficus geometra'' (Borso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ficopsis
''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 to the Miocene in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. References Further reading * ''Fossils'' (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 126) External links''Ficopsis''in the Paleobiology Database The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms. History The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) originated in the NCEAS-funded Phanerozoic Marine Pale ... Ficidae Paleocene gastropods Eocene gastropods Oligocene gastropods Miocene gastropods Cenozoic gastropods of Africa Cenozoic gastropods of Asia Cenozoic gastropods of Europe Cenozoic gastropods of North America Cenozoic gastropods of South America Paleocene first appearances Miocene genus extinctions {{paleo-gastropod-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxonomy Of The Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised in 2005 by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is a system for the scientific classification of gastropod mollusks. (Gastropods are a taxonomic class of animals which consists of snails and slugs of every kind, from the land, from freshwater, and from saltwater.) The paper setting out this taxonomy was published in the journal ''Malacologia''. The system encompasses both living and extinct groups, as well as some fossils whose classification as gastropods is uncertain. The Bouchet & Rocroi system was the first complete gastropod taxonomy that primarily employed the concept of clades, and was derived from research on molecular phylogenetics; in this context a clade is a "natural grouping" of organisms based upon a statistical cluster analysis. In contrast, most of the previous overall taxonomic schemes for gastropods relied on morphological features to classify these animals, and used taxon ranks such as order, superorder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalassocyon
''Thalassocyon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Thalassocyonidae. Taxonomy Riedel (1995) elevated this genus to a family level (Thalassocyonidae), a vision not supported in Verhaeghe & Poppe (2000), nor in Bouchet, Rocroi et al. (2005) Distribution This genus is found from South Africa to the Kermadec Islands and the North Island of New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... Species * '' Thalassocyon bonus'' Barnard, 1960 * '' Thalassocyon tui'' Dell, 1967 * '' Thalassocyon wareni'' F. Riedel, 2000 References * Barnard K.H. (1960). New species of South African marine gastropods. Journal of Conchology. 24: 438-442. * Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G.T. (2000) ''A Conchological Iconography 3: The family Ficidae''. Hackenheim: Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine (ocean)
The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided."Ocean." ''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary'', Merriam-Webster, |
Siphonal Canal
The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water is drawn into the mantle cavity and over the gill and which serves as a chemoreceptor to locate food. Siphonal canals allow for active transport of water to sensory organs inside the shell. Organisms without siphonal canals in their shells rely on passive or diffuse transport or water into their shell. Those with siphonal canals have a direct inhalant stream of water that interacts with sensory organs to detect concentration and direction of a stimulus, such as food or mates. In certain groups of carnivorous snails, where the siphon is particularly long, the structure of the shell has been modified in order to house and protect the soft structure of the siphon. Thus the siphonal canal is a semi-tubular extension of the aperture of the shell th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Pearsall Carpenter
Philip Pearsall Carpenter (4 November 1819 – 24 May 1877) was an English minister who emigrated to Canada, where his field work as a malacologist or conchologist is still well regarded today. A man of many talents, he wrote, published, taught, and was a volunteer explaining the growing study of shells in North America. Life Philip P. Carpenter was born in Bristol, England on 4 November 1819. His father was Lant Carpenter, a notable educator and Unitarian minister. His mother was Anna or Hannah Penn, daughter of John Penn and Mary. Anna was christened on 11 May 1787 in Bromsgrove, Worcester.Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters 2009, DVD format. The subject in RIN 25572. P. P. Carpenter, as he was called, was educated at Trinity Bristol College, and then Manchester College (then at York, now at Oxford), gaining a BA from the University of London in 1841, the year of his ordination as a minister. Carpenter was a vegetarian and joined the Vegetarian Society in 1851. Carpent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Paleobiology Database
The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms. History The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) originated in the NCEAS-funded Phanerozoic Marine Paleofaunal Database initiative, which operated from August 1998 through August 2000. From 2000 to 2015, PBDB received funding from the National Science Foundation. PBDB also received support form the Australian Research Council. From 2000 to 2010 it was housed at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, a cross-disciplinary research center within the University of California, Santa Barbara. It is currently housed at University of Wisconsin-Madison and overseen by an international committee of major data contributors. The Paleobiology Database works closely with the Neotoma Paleoecology Database, which has a similar intellectual history, but has focused on the Quaternary (with an emphasis on the late Pleistocene and Holoce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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