Family FICIDAE Meek, 1864 (1840)
Compiler and date details
October 2014 - D. Beechey & A. Mututantri
- Ficidae Meek, F.B. 1864. Check list of the invertebrate fossils of North America. Miocene`. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 7(183): ii + 32 pp. [19] [Although Meek did not state explicitly his reasons for establishing the name Ficidae, he used it in place of Pyrulidae Swainson, 1840, based on Pyrula Lamarck, 1799. Ficidae is now in prevailing usage and it is conserved under Art. 40.2, with the precedence over Pyrulidae].
Type genus:
Ficus Röding, 1798. - Pyrulinae Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 419 pp. [May 1840] [307].
Type genus:
Pyrula Lamarck, 1799.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.P., Hausdorf, B., Kaim, A., Kano, Y., Nützel, A., Parkhaev, P., Schrödl, M. & Strong, E.E. 2017. Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61(1-2): 1–526 [347]
General References
Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [250]
Neo, M.L. 2010. The taxonomic status of fig shells, with notes on Ficus varieagata (Röding, 1798) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ficoidea: Ficidae). Nature in Singapore 3: 117-123 [117-122]
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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01-Jun-2021 | LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 | 14-Mar-2019 | MODIFIED | |
01-Jun-2021 | FICOIDEA | 01-Dec-2015 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
27-Jan-2012 | MODIFIED |