Zemacies queenslandica

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

Zemacies queenslandica
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. queenslandica
Binomial name
Zemacies queenslandica
(Powell, 1969)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leucosyrinx queenslandica Powell, 1969
  • Turris queenslandis A.W.B. Powell, 1969

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

  • 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.
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308
  • "Zemacies queenslandica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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