''Zemacies armata'' is an extinct species of

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, a marine

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mollusk in the family

Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...

.Marshall, B. (2015). Zemacies armata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831522 on 2016-04-09}

Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand and was found in Middle Eocene strata.

References

* Powell, Arthur William Baden. ''The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2''. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942. * Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. armata Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1942 {{Borsoniidae-stub