Zemacies armata

Zemacies armata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Zemacies
Species:	Z. armata
Binomial name
	Zemacies armata; Powell, 1942

Last updated August 24, 2025

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

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand and was found in Middle Eocene strata.

References

↑ Marshall, B. (2015). Zemacies armata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831522 on 2016-04-09}

Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.
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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[WoRMS-1] Marshall, B. (2015). Zemacies armata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831522 on 2016-04-09}

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