Zemacies prendrevillei

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

Zemacies prendrevillei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Zemacies
Species:
Z. prendrevillei
Binomial name
Zemacies prendrevillei
Marwick, 1928

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand and was found in Lower Pliocene strata of the Chatham Islands.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Zemacies prendrevillei Marwick, 1928 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831529 on 2016-04-10
  • Marwick, Trans. N. Z. Inst., vol. 58, p. 489, 506, fig. 141.
  • 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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