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Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Zemacies (Genus)
> excelsa (Species)
Images: Zemacies excelsa Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001
Holotype, collected 8 Aug 1994, Grand Passage, New Caledonia. 74.7mm. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Zemacies (Genus)
> excelsa (Species)
Details: Zemacies excelsa Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001
Size/Grows to:
Height 75mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Sysoev, A.V., Bouchet, P. 2001 New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the South-West Pacific. In: Bouchet, P., & Marshall, B.A. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 22, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 185 (p.284) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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