Penion crawfordi

Penion crawfordi Temporal range: Middle to Late Miocene, 15.9–7.2  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
An embedded fossil of Penion crawfordi at Cape Palliser, New Zealand.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Austrosiphonidae
Genus:	Penion
Species:	P. crawfordi
Binomial name
Penion crawfordi (Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms [1]
Fusus crawfordi Hutton, 1873 Austrosipho (Verconella) latispinifer Marwick, 1932 Austrosipho masoni Fleming, 1943 Austrosipho takapauensis Fleming, 1943 Murex crawfordi Hutton, 1873 Verconella crawfordi Hutton, 1873 Austrosipho (Verconella) crawfordi Hutton, 1873 Verconella latispinifer

Penion crawfordi is an extinct species of marine snail or whelk, belonging to the true whelk family Austrosiphonidae. ^{[2] [1] [3]}

Description

Penion crawfordi is a large, extinct species of Penion siphon whelk. ^{[1] [3]} Shells of P. crawfordi have spine-like, dorso-ventrally compressed nodules on the shell spire. ^[1]

Distribution

Fossils of Penion crawfordi are found in northern South Island and southern North Island in New Zealand. ^{[1] [4]}

References

1. Beu, Alan G.; Maxwell, P.A. (1990). Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin. Vol. 58. Lower Hutt, New Zealand: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. ISSN   0114-2283. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
2. Kantor, Yuri I.; Fedosov, Alexander E.; Kosyan, Alisa R.; Puillandre, Nicolas; Sorokin, Pavel A.; Kano, Yasunori; Clark, Roger; Bouchet, Philippe (2022). "Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194 (3): 789–857. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031.
3. "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Penion crawfordi (Hutton, 1873) †". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
4. Crampton, J.S., Terezow, M. The Kiwi Fossil Hunter's Handbook. GNS Science, Auckland, New Zealand (2010). ISBN   9781869791889

External links

• Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990): Penion crawfordi (Hutton, 1873)
• International Fossil Shell Museum: New Zealand Miocene