''Zemiropsis'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Babyloniidae
Babyloniidae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unassigned within the superfamily Neogastropoda. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Babyloniidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Accessed through: World R ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Zemiropsis'' include:
* ''
Zemiropsis demertziae''
Fraussen & Rosado, 2013
* ''
Zemiropsis papillaris
''Zemiropsis papillaris'', common name : the spotted , is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Babyloniidae.
Description
The spotted babylon has a plump shell, which varies in size between 33 mm and 50 m ...
''
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
* ''
Zemiropsis pintado''
(Kilburn, 1971)
* ''
Zemiropsis pulchrelineata''
(Kilburn, 1973)
* ''
Zemiropsis rosadoi''
(Bozzetti, 1998)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Zemiropsis joostei''
Dekker, 2008:
synonym of ''
Zemiropsis papillaris
''Zemiropsis papillaris'', common name : the spotted , is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Babyloniidae.
Description
The spotted babylon has a plump shell, which varies in size between 33 mm and 50 m ...
''
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
References
* Gittenberger E. & Uit de Weerd D.R. (2005). "''Babylonia'' and ''Zemiropsis'' (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Babyloniidae), anatomy, shell morphology, distribution and DNA". ''Journal of Conchology'' 38(6): 649-652
External links
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Gastropod genera
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