Zemacies simulacrum
Appearance
Zemacies simulacrum | |
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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. simulacrum
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Binomial name | |
Zemacies simulacrum Laws, 1935
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Zemacies simulacrum is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand and was found in Middle Miocene strata.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Zemacies simulacrum Laws, 1935 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831530 on 2016-04-10
- Laws, Trans. Roy. Soc. N. Z., vol. 65, p. 35, pi. 5, fig. 12.
- 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.