Penion sulcatus
| Penion sulcatus Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Recent, 5.3–0.0 Ma | |
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| Dorsal view of a shell of Penion sulcatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Penion |
| Species: | P. sulcatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Penion sulcatus (Lamarck, 1816) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Fusus sulcatus Lamarck, 1816 | |
Penion sulcatus is a species of medium-to-large predatory marine snail or whelk, commonly called the northern siphon whelk or kākara nui in Maori, belonging to the true whelk family Buccinidae.
Description
Penion sulcatus is a medium-to-large species of siphon whelk, endemic to New Zealand.[1] P. sulcatus is benthic and can be found soft-sediments on the continental shelf,[2] or within the subtidal rocky shore environment. The species has an abundant fossil record in the North Island of New Zealand.[3]
External links
- World Register of Marine Species: Penion sulcatus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Taxon: Penion sulcatus Lamarck, 1816 (Species)
- Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990): Penion sulcatus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Massey University NZ Fauna Scanned 3D model of Penion sulcatus
References
- ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ↑ Dell, R.K.. 1962. New Zealand Marine Provinces - do they exist? Tuatara, 10: 43 - 52. Online Copy courtesy of New Zealand Electronic Text Collection
- ↑ Beu, A.G. and Maxwell, P.A. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin, 58.
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