Zemacies lividorupis

Zemacies lividorupis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Zemacies
Species:
Z. lividorupis
Binomial name
Zemacies lividorupis
Laws, 1935

Zemacies lividorupis 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 Lower Miocene strata.

References

  1. ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Zemacies lividorupis Laws, 1935 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831526 on 2016-04-10
  • Laws, Trans. Roy. Soc. N. Z., vol. 65, p. 35, pi. 5, fig. 12.
  • 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.


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