{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | image = Ficus_ficus_01.JPG | genus = Ficus (gastropod) | species = ficus | authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Bulla ficus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Ficus communis'' <small>Röding, 1798</small> * ''Ficus ficoides'' <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small> * ''Ficus margaretae'' <small>Iredale, 1931</small> *''Ficus subintermedius'' <small>[sic] (incorrect gender ending)</small> * ''Ficus subintermedius'' <small>(d'Orbigny, 1852)</small> * ''Murex ficus'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> * ''Pyrula ficus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> }}

'''''Ficus ficus''''' or the '''paper fig shell''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ficidae, the fig shells.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|214982|''Ficus ficus'' (Linnaeus, C., 1758)|||WoRMS (2009). Ficus ficus (Linnaeus, C., 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214982</nowiki> on 6 June 2010}}</ref>

==Distribution== ''Ficus ficus'' is found in the Indian Ocean and the West Pacific.

==Description== ''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&nbsp;cm) in length. The maximum recorded shell length is 145&nbsp;mm.<ref name="Welch 2010">Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". ''PLoS ONE'' '''5'''(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.</ref> 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.<ref name=Mitchell>[https://www.mitchellspublications.com/guides/shells/articles/0073/ Paper Fig Shell: A Fragile, Shapely Beauty] Retrieved 2011-11-29.</ref>

== Habitat == The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m.; maximum recorded depth is 176 m.<ref name="Welch 2010"/>

==References== {{Commons category|Ficus ficus}} {{Reflist}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ficus Ficus}} Category:Ficidae Category:Gastropods described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Ficidae-stub}}