Zemacies queenslandica, common name the Queensland turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Zemacies queenslandica | |
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| Shell of Zemacies queenslandica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Zemacies |
| Species: | Z. queenslandica
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| Zemacies queenslandica (Powell, 1969)
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Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 60 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Southern Queensland, Australia and the Gulf of Papua .
References edit
- ^ a b Zemacies queenslandica (Powell, 1969). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 August 2011.
- Sysoev A. & Bouchet P. (2001) New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the South-West Pacific. In: P. Bouchet & B.A. Marshall (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 185: 271–320.
External links edit
- ) Powell, A. W. B. (1969). The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 2. The subfamily Turriculinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 2 (10): 215-416
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308
- "Zemacies queenslandica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.