Zemira Adams and A. 1853 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Synonym: Eburnopsis Tate 1889

Parent taxon: Pseudolivinae according to G. Vermeij 1998

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Benthobia, Dorsanum, Fulmentum, Hubachia, Hydrotribulus, Luizia, Naudoliva, Popenoeum, Pseudoliva, Ptychosyca, Strepsidura, Strepturidae, Sulcoliva

Subtaxa: Eburnopsis aulacoessa Zemira praecursoria

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (3 collections)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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