''Zemacies'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ ...
Most species in this genus are extinct. Their age range is 55.8 to 11.608 Ma.
Species
Species within the genus ''Zemacies'' include:
* † ''
Zemacies armata''
Powell, 1942
* † ''
Zemacies awakinoensis''
Powell, 1942
* † ''
Zemacies climacota''
(Suter, 1917)
* † ''
Zemacies conspicua''
(May, 1922)
* † ''
Zemacies elatior''
Finlay, 1926
* ''
Zemacies excelsa''
Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001
* † ''
Zemacies finlayi
''Zemacies'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Borsoniidae
Most species in this genus are extinct. Their age range is 55.8 to 11.608 Ma.
Species
Species within the genus ''Zemacies'' include:
* ...
''
Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992
* † ''
Zemacies hamiltoni''
(Hutton, 1905)
* † ''
Zemacies immatura
''Zemacies immatura'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Zemacies immatura. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mari ...
''
Finlay & Marwick, 1937
* † ''
Zemacies inexpectata''
Powell, 1944
* † ''
Zemacies laciniata''
(Suter, 1917)
* † ''
Zemacies lividorupis''
Laws, 1935
* † ''
Zemacies marginalis''
(P. Marshall, 1919)
* † ''
Zemacies ordinaria''
(P. Marshall, 1918)
* † ''
Zemacies prendrevillei''
Marwick, 1928
* † ''
Zemacies procerior''
Darragh, 1997
* ''
Zemacies queenslandica
''Zemacies queenslandica'', common known as the Queensland turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Borsoniidae.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 60 mm.
Di ...
''
(Powell, 1969)
* † ''
Zemacies simulacrum
''Zemacies simulacrum'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Zemacies simulacrum Laws, 1935 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
Laws, 1935
* † ''
Zemacies torticostata
''Zemacies torticostata'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Zemacies torticostata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:// ...
'' (
P. Marshall, 1919)
;Synonyms:
* † ''Zemacies canalomos''
Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992: synonym of † ''
Aforia canalomos
''Aforia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Cochlespiridae.
Description
The shell resembles ''Irenosyrinx'', but with stronger Sculpture (mollusc), sculpture with narrow, low ribs and with a pa ...
''
(Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
References
H. Finlay, New Shells from New Zealand Tertiary Beds, pt. 2, Trans. N. Z. Inst., vol. 56, p. 252..
External links
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Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308R. Tucker-Abbott & W.J. Clench, ''Indo-Pacific Mollusca'' vol. 2 # 9-10 (1968)
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