Biology:Zemacies armata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Zemacies armata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Zemacies
Species:
Z. armata
Binomial name
Zemacies armata
Powell, 1942

Zemacies armata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand and was found in Middle Eocene strata.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Zemacies armata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831522 on 2016-04-09}
  • Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

Wikidata ☰ Q24997735 entry