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Zemacies excelsa

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Zemacies excelsa
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. excelsa
Binomial name
Zemacies excelsa
Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001

Zemacies excelsa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 55 mm. Individuals can grow to 58.2mm and can have a wet body mass of 24.5g.[2] Dead Zemacies excelsa form shallow marine sediments.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia and New Zealand.

References

  1. ^ a b Zemacies excelsa Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Zemacies excelsa Sysoev & Bouchet 2001 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  • Sysoev, A. & Bouchet, P., 2001. New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the south-west Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 185: 271–320

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