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Zemacies

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Zemacies was named by Finlay (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani T Plio-u Sepkoski's reference number: 728,899]. Its type is Zemacies clatior.

It was assigned to Turriculinae by Woodring (1970); to Turrinae by Beu et al. (1990); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Zemaciinae by Sysoev (2003); and to Borsoniidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Species
Z. clatior (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Z. canalomos, Z. crassatina, Z. finlayi, Z. procerior

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Zemacies Finlay
1970Zemacies Woodring p. 366
1990Zemacies Beu et al. pp. 417, 418
2002Zemacies Sepkoski
2003Zemacies Sysoev
2011Zemacies Bouchet et al. p. 278

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBorsoniidae(Bellardi 1875)
genusZemaciesFinlay 1926

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Zemacies Finlay 1926
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†Zemacies clatior Finlay 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 59.20000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina Z. crassatina (99400)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Australia (Victoria) Z. procerior (6266)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica (Seymour Island) Z. finlayi (63548)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica Z. finlayi (72399 72400 72401)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) Z. finlayi (63551)
Waipawan55.8 - 53.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Z. sp. (51085)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand Z. n. sp. (64731) Z. torticostata (64751)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Z. canalomos, Z. finlayi (63552)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) Z. canalomos, Z. finlayi (63553)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Antarctica Z. canalomos (72389 72395) Z. finlayi (72390 72397 72398)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Z. marginalis (45037)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama Z. sp. (42537)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand Z. lividorupis (67860) Z. n. sp. (67864)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Z. sp. (42575)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand Z. n. sp. (67827)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) Z. sp. (45183)