Zemacies excelsa

Zemacies excelsa
Scientific classification
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. Unlike most of its close relatives in the Conoidea superfamily, Z. excelsa lacks a radula and venom apparatus. ^[3]

Distribution

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

References

1. 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.
3. Fedosov, A.; Kantor, Y. (2 November 2007). "Toxoglossan gastropods of the subfamily Crassispirinae (Turridae) lacking a radula, and a discussion of the status of the subfamily Zemaciinae". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 74 (1): 27–35. doi:10.1093/mollus/eym042. ISSN   0260-1230.

• 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

External links

• "Zemacies excelsa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
• MNHN, Paris: Zemacies excelsa (holotype)