Penion cuvierianus Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Recent, | |
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Dorsal view of a shell of Penion cuvierianus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Austrosiphonidae |
Genus: | Penion |
Species: | P. cuvierianus |
Binomial name | |
Penion cuvierianus (Powell, 1927) | |
Synonyms | |
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Penion cuvierianus is a species of very large predatory sea snail or whelk, commonly called the flaring penion, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Austrosiphonidae. [1]
Penion cuvierianus is a very large species of siphon whelk. [2] [3] Shells vary between ivory and yellow in colouration. [3]
Recent genetic and geometric morphometric research using shell shape and size has demonstrated that a formerly recognised subspecies Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi is closely related to Penion ormesi , instead of Penion curierianus, and the taxon has been synonymised with P. ormesi. [4]
Penion cuvierianus is endemic to New Zealand. [2] [3] The taxonomic name is a reference to the type locality of Cuvier Island. [2] The species has an abundant fossil record in the North Island of New Zealand. [5]
The species occurs in the subtidal zone between depths of 20 and 200 metres. [3]
These subspecies have been recognised:
Arthur William Baden Powell was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the 20th century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".
Haustrum haustorium, common name: the brown or dark rock shell, is a large species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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