Biology:Zemacies queenslandica

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Zemacies queenslandica
Zemacies queenslandica 001.jpg
Shell of Zemacies queenslandica
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Zemacies
Species:
Z. queenslandica
Binomial name
Zemacies queenslandica
(Powell, 1969)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leucosyrinx queenslandica Powell, 1969
  • Turris queenslandis A.W.B. Powell, 1969

Zemacies queenslandica, common name the Queensland turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southern Queensland, Australia and the Gulf of Papua .

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Zemacies queenslandica (Powell, 1969). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 August 2011.
  • Sysoev A. & Bouchet P. (2001) New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the South-West Pacific. In: P. Bouchet & B.A. Marshall (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 185: 271–320.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3282280 entry