| Zemacies excelsa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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]
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.
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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia and New Zealand.
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