Zemacies queenslandica
Shell of 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

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.
  • ) Powell, A. W. B. (1969). The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 2. The subfamily Turriculinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 2 (10): 215-416
  • 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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