Zemacies elatior is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Zemacies elatior | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Borsoniidae |
Genus: | Zemacies |
Species: | Z. elatior
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Binomial name | |
Zemacies elatior Finlay, 1926
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 47 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand and was found in Miocene strata.
References
edit- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Zemacies elatior. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831524 on 2016-04-09
- 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.