Zemiropsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Babyloniidae.[1]
| Zemiropsis | |
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| a live Zemiropsis papillaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Babyloniidae |
| Genus: | Zemiropsis Thiele, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Zemiropsis papillaris Sowerby, G.B. I, 1825
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Zemiropsis include:
- Zemiropsis demertziae Fraussen & Rosado, 2013
- Zemiropsis papillaris (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:[2] synonym of Zemiropsis papillaris (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
References
edit- ^ Zemiropsis Thiele, 1929. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 December 2010.
- ^ Zemiropsis joostei Dekker, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- 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