WoRMS taxon details
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)
Busycon (Sycotypus) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted
Ficopsis Conrad, 1866 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ficula Swainson, 1835 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ficus (Diconoficus) Covacevich & Frassinetti, 1983 † · alternative representation
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 superseded combination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 superseded combination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
Pyrula (Ficus) Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Sycotypus J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Ficus dandrimonti Lorenz, 2012
- Species Ficus eospila (F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807)
- Species Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Ficus filosa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
- Species Ficus gracilis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Species Ficus investigatoris (E. A. Smith, 1894)
- Species Ficus papyratia (Say, 1822)
- Species Ficus pellucida Deshayes, 1856
- Species Ficus schneideri H. Morrison, 2016
- Species Ficus variegata Röding, 1798
- Species Ficus ventricosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Species Ficus vosi H. Morrison, 2020
- Species Ficus atlanticus Clench & Aguayo, 1940 accepted as Ficus pellucida Deshayes, 1856 (Synonym)
- Species Ficus carolae Clench, 1945 accepted as Ficus papyratia carolae Clench, 1945 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Ficus communis Röding, 1798 accepted as Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
- Species Ficus ficoides (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
- Species Ficus filosus [sic] accepted as Ficus filosa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) (Incorrect gender ending)
- Species Ficus howelli Clench & Aguayo, 1940 accepted as Ficus pellucida Deshayes, 1856 (Synonym)
- Species Ficus lindae Petuch, 1988 accepted as Ficus papyratia lindae Petuch, 1988 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ficus margaretae Iredale, 1931 accepted as Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym)
- Species Ficus pellucidus [sic] accepted as Ficus pellucida Deshayes, 1856 (Incorrect gender ending)
- Species Ficus picta Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Ficus sewelli (Prashad, 1927) accepted as Ficus investigatoris (E. A. Smith, 1894) (junior synonym)
- Species Ficus tessellatus (Kobelt, 1881) accepted as Ficus eospila (F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807) (Synonym - Incorrect gender ending)
- Species Ficus variegatus [sic] accepted as Ficus variegata Röding, 1798 (Incorrect gender ending)
- Species Ficus ventricosus [sic] accepted as Ficus ventricosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (Incorrect gender ending)
- 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]
page(s): 148 [details]
Nomenclature Ficus is feminine in gender.
Nomenclature Röding listed "Bulla ficus" [Murex ficus Linnaeus, 1758] in the synonymy of Ficus communis Röding, 1798, and Murex ficus...
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. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ficus Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205605 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
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]
original description (of Ficus (Diconoficus) Covacevich & Frassinetti, 1983 †) Covacevich, V.; Frassinetti, D. (1983). Diconoficus, nuevo subgénero de Ficus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) en la Formación Navidad, Mioceno, Chile central. <em>Revista Geológica de Chile.</em> 19-20: 105-110.
page(s): 106 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G.T. (2000) <i> A Conchological Iconography</i> 3: <i>The family Ficidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. [details]
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]
original description (of Ficus (Diconoficus) Covacevich & Frassinetti, 1983 †) Covacevich, V.; Frassinetti, D. (1983). Diconoficus, nuevo subgénero de Ficus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) en la Formación Navidad, Mioceno, Chile central. <em>Revista Geológica de Chile.</em> 19-20: 105-110.
page(s): 106 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G.T. (2000) <i> A Conchological Iconography</i> 3: <i>The family Ficidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. [details]
Other
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 [request]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 73 [details]
[request]additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. 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]
