Penion cuvierianus

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Penion cuvierianus
Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Recent, 1.63–0.0  Ma
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Penion cuvierianus cuvierianus (Powell, 1927) (AM MA70830-1).jpg
Dorsal view of a shell of Penion cuvierianus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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
  • Fusus dilatatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Siphonalia dilatata Suter, 1913
  • Megalatractus maximusSuter, 1913
  • Verconella dilatata Iredale, 1914
  • Verconella dilatata rex Finlay, 1927
  • Verconella dilatata cuvierianaIredale, 1914
  • Verconella dilatata var. elongataPowell, 1927
  • Verconella dilatata var. rotundaPowell, 1927
  • Verconella elongataPowell, 1927

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]

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Description

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]

Distribution

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]

Subspecies

These subspecies have been recognised:

Subspecies brought into synonymy

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