Zemacies Explained

Zemacies is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae

Most species in this genus are extinct. Their age range is 55.8 to 11.608 Ma.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Zemacies include:

• † Zemacies armata Powell, 1942
• † Zemacies awakinoensis Powell, 1942
• † Zemacies climacota (Suter, 1917)
• † Zemacies conspicua (May, 1922)
• † Zemacies elatior Finlay, 1926
• Zemacies excelsa Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001
• † Zemacies finlayi Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992
• † Zemacies hamiltoni (Hutton, 1905)
• † Zemacies immatura Finlay & Marwick, 1937
• † Zemacies inexpectata Powell, 1944
• † Zemacies laciniata (Suter, 1917)
• † Zemacies lividorupis Laws, 1935
• † Zemacies marginalis (P. Marshall, 1919)
• † Zemacies ordinaria (P. Marshall, 1918)
• † Zemacies prendrevillei Marwick, 1928
• † Zemacies procerior Darragh, 1997
• Zemacies queenslandica (Powell, 1969)
• † Zemacies simulacrum Laws, 1935
• † Zemacies torticostata (P. Marshall, 1919)

Synonyms:

• † Zemacies canalomos Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992: synonym of † Aforia canalomos (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)

References

• 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)

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home Fossilworks : Zemacies