Zemiropsis

Zemiropsis
a live Zemiropsis papillaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Babyloniidae
Genus: Zemiropsis
Thiele, 1929
Type species
Zemiropsis papillaris Sowerby, G.B. I, 1825

Zemiropsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Babyloniidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Zemiropsis include:

  • Zemiropsis demertziae Fraussen & Rosado, 2013
  • Zemiropsis papillaris (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Zemiropsis pintado (Kilburn, 1971)
  • Zemiropsis pulchrelineata (Kilburn, 1973)
  • Zemiropsis rosadoi (Bozzetti, 1998)
Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Zemiropsis Thiele, 1929.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 December 2010.
  2. Zemiropsis joostei Dekker, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  • Gittenberger E. & Uit de Weerd D.R. (2005). "Babylonia and Zemiropsis (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Babyloniidae), anatomy, shell morphology, distribution and DNA". Journal of Conchology 38(6): 649-652


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