# Ficus ficus

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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Ficus_ficus_01.JPG
| genus = Ficus (gastropod)
| species = ficus
| authority = ([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| synonyms =
* ''Bulla ficus'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))</small>
* ''Ficus communis'' <small>[Röding](/source/Peter_Friedrich_R%C3%B6ding), 1798</small>
* ''Ficus ficoides'' <small>([Lamarck](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck), 1822)</small>
* ''Ficus margaretae'' <small>[Iredale](/source/Tom_Iredale), 1931</small>
*''Ficus subintermedius'' <small>[sic] (incorrect gender ending)</small>
* ''Ficus subintermedius'' <small>(d'Orbigny, 1852)</small>
* ''Murex ficus'' <small>[Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)</small>
* ''Pyrula ficus'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))</small>
}}

'''''Ficus ficus''''' or the '''paper fig shell''' is a [species](/source/species) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/Gastropoda) [mollusk](/source/Mollusca) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Ficidae](/source/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](/source/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](/source/gastropod_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](/source/PLoS_ONE)'' '''5'''(1): e8776. [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776](/source/doi%3A10.1371%2Fjournal.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==
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Category:Ficidae
Category:Gastropods described in 1758
Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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