Zemaciinae
Encyclopedia
The Zemaciinae is a subfamily of predatory sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Turridae
, commonly named turrids.
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Turridae
Turridae
Turridae, , is a large taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, that vary in size from minute to moderately large. With more than 4,000 species, the Turridae is the largest mollusk family and group of marine caenogastropods...
, commonly named turrids.
Genera
Genera in the subfamily Zemaciinae include:- Zemacies ZemaciesZemacies is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae-Species:Species within the genus Zemacies include:* Zemacies excelsa Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001* Zemacies queenslandica...
H. J. Finlay, 1926- Zemacies excelsaZemacies excelsaZemacies excelsa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.-External links:*...
Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001 - Zemacies queenslandicaZemacies queenslandicaZemacies queenslandica, common name the Queensland turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 60 mm.-Distribution:...
(Powell, 1969)
- Zemacies excelsa