Zemacies climacota

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

Zemacies climacota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Zemacies
Species:
Z. climacota
Binomial name
Zemacies climacota
(Suter, 1917)
Synonyms[1]

Surcula climacota Suter, 1917

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand and was found in Lower Miocene strata.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Zemacies climacota. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831532 on 2016-04-09
  • Suter, Henry. Descriptions of New Tertiary Mollusca Occurring in New Zealand Part I. 1917.
  • 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.


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