Zemacies

Zemacies
Shell of the extinct species Zemacies marginalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Zemacies Finlay, 1926
Type species
† Zemacies elatior Finlay, H.J., 1926

Zemacies is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae^[1]

Most species in this genus are extinct. Their age range is 55.8 to 11.608 Ma. ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Zemacies include:

• † Zemacies armata Powell, 1942
• † Zemacies awakinoensis Powell, 1942
• † Zemacies climacota (Suter, 1917)
• † Zemacies elatior Finlay, 1926
• Zemacies excelsa Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001^[3]
• † Zemacies hamiltoni (Hutton, 1905)
• † Zemacies immatura Finlay & Marwick, 1937
• † Zemacies laciniata (Suter, 1917)
• † Zemacies lividorupis Laws, 1935
• † Zemacies marginalis (P. Marshall, 1919)
• † Zemacies ordinaria (P. Marshall, 1918)
• † Zemacies prendrevillei Marwick, 1928
• Zemacies queenslandica (Powell, 1969)^[4]
• † Zemacies simulacrum Laws, 1935
• † Zemacies torticostata (P. Marshall, 1919)

References

1. Zemacies Finlay, 1926.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 August 2011.
2. Fossilworks : Zemacies
3. Zemacies excelsa Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
4. Zemacies queenslandica (Powell, 1969).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.

• H. Finlay, New Shells from New Zealand Tertiary Beds, pt. 2, Trans. N. Z. Inst., vol. 56, p. 252.

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External links

• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308
• R. Tucker-Abbott & W.J. Clench, Indo-Pacific Mollusca vol. 2 # 9-10 (1968)