Zemacies queenslandica

Zemacies queenslandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Borsoniidae
Genus:Zemacies
Species: Z. queenslandica
Binomial name
Zemacies queenslandica
(Powell, 1969)
Synonyms[1]

Leucosyrinx queenslandica Powell, 1969

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

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.


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