Biology:Zemacies excelsa
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Short description: Species of sea snail
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Zemacies |
| Species: | Z. excelsa
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| Zemacies excelsa Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001
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Zemacies excelsa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 55 mm. Individuals can grow to 58.2mm and can have a wet body mass of 24.5g.[2] Dead Zemacies excelsa form shallow marine sediments. Unlike most of its close relatives in the Conoidea superfamily, Z. excelsa lacks a radula and venom apparatus.[3]
Zemacies excelsa has a dextrally coiled body symmetry.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia and New Zealand. Most are found approximately 200-300 meters deep in the ocean, with some down to 600-700 meters deep.[4]
References
- ↑ Zemacies excelsa Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 August 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Zemacies excelsa Sysoev & Bouchet 2001 - Encyclopedia of Life". https://eol.org/pages/46456904.
- ↑ Fedosov, A.; Kantor, Y. (2007-11-02). "Toxoglossan gastropods of the subfamily Crassispirinae (Turridae) lacking a radula, and a discussion of the status of the subfamily Zemaciinae" (in en). Journal of Molluscan Studies 74 (1): 27–35. doi:10.1093/mollus/eym042. ISSN 0260-1230. https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/mollus/eym042.
- ↑ "Benthic species from the tropical Pacific surrounding New Caledonia" (in en). https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=new_caledonia.
- Sysoev, A. & Bouchet, P., 2001. New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the south-west Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 185: 271–320
External links
- "Zemacies excelsa" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_12422.shtml.
- MNHN, Paris: Zemacies excelsa (holotype)
Wikidata ☰ Q3282217 entry
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