MolluscaBase taxon details
Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758)
214982 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214982)
accepted
Species
Bulla ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ficus communis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Ficus ficoides (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Ficus margaretae Iredale, 1931 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Murex ficus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pirula ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pyrula ficoides Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (invalid: junior secondary homonym...)
invalid: junior secondary homonym of Bulla ficoides Brocchi, 1814
Pyrula ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex ficus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214982 on 2026-10-03
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original description
(of Ficus margaretae Iredale, 1931) Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25. [21 June 1931]., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20220630140205/https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17196/725_complete.pdf
page(s): 216, pl. 23 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Pyrula ficoides Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 142 [details]
original description (of Murex ficus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 752 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Ficus communis Röding, 1798) 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): p. 148, n. 1851. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Leung KF. & Morton B. (2003). Effects of long-term anthropogenic perturbations on three subtidal epibenthic molluscan communities in Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 655-717., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9789882202429-036 [details]
basis of record Verhaeghe, M.; Poppe, G. T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography 3: The family Ficidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 31 pp., 27 pls.
page(s): 14 [details]
additional source Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388
page(s): 1. [details]
additional source Liu, L.-L.; Suen, I.-J. (1996). Prosobranch Gastropod Imposex in the West Coast of Taiwan. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 55 (3): 207-214. [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; note: = variegata [details]
page(s): 216, pl. 23 fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Pyrula ficoides Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 142 [details]
original description (of Murex ficus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 752 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Ficus communis Röding, 1798) 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): p. 148, n. 1851. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Leung KF. & Morton B. (2003). Effects of long-term anthropogenic perturbations on three subtidal epibenthic molluscan communities in Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 655-717., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9789882202429-036 [details]
basis of record Verhaeghe, M.; Poppe, G. T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography 3: The family Ficidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 31 pp., 27 pls.
page(s): 14 [details]
additional source Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388
page(s): 1. [details]
additional source Liu, L.-L.; Suen, I.-J. (1996). Prosobranch Gastropod Imposex in the West Coast of Taiwan. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 55 (3): 207-214. [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; note: = variegata [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Ficus communis Röding, 1798)
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Pyrula ficoides Lamarck, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Ficus communis Röding, 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ficus ficoides (Lamarck, 1822))
To Conchology (Ficus ficus FREAK)
To Conchology (Ficus ficus GIANT)
To Conchology (Ficus ficus LARGE)
To Conchology (Ficus ficus SET)
To Conchology (Ficus ficus SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Ficus ficus YOUNG)
To Conchology (Ficus ficus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ficus ficus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) Panama, West Panama, Montigo Bay, in mud in shallow wa...
To Malacopics (Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) Taiwan)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Ficus communis Röding, 1798)
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Pyrula ficoides Lamarck, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Ficus communis Röding, 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ficus ficoides (Lamarck, 1822))
To Conchology (Ficus ficus FREAK)
To Conchology (Ficus ficus GIANT)
To Conchology (Ficus ficus LARGE)
To Conchology (Ficus ficus SET)
To Conchology (Ficus ficus SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Ficus ficus YOUNG)
To Conchology (Ficus ficus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ficus ficus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) Panama, West Panama, Montigo Bay, in mud in shallow wa...
To Malacopics (Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, 1758) Taiwan)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Ficus communis Röding, 1798)
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