Zeacuminia
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| Zeacuminia Temporal range: | |
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| Zeacuminia cantuariensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Terebridae |
| Subfamily: | Terebrinae |
| Genus: | †Zeacuminia H. J. Finlay, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| † Zeacuminia tahuia H. J. Finlay, 1930 | |
Zeacuminia is a genus of extinct sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Terebridae.[1] Fossils in the genus date to between the Middle Eocene and the Pliocene, and have been found in New Zealand, Argentina and Chile.
Members of the genus have relatively longer canals, squarish body whorls, more strongly developed axial ribs, and a strong ridge found on the fasciole.[2]
Taxonomy
Zeacuminia was first described in 1930 by H. J. Finlay.[2]