Penion mandarinus | |
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Penion mandarinus with eggs at Kennon Cove in Flinders | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Austrosiphonidae |
Genus: | Penion |
Species: | P. mandarinus |
Binomial name | |
Penion mandarinus (Duclos, P.L., 1831) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Penion mandarinus, common name the mandarin penion, southern siphon whelk or Waite's buccinum whelk, is a species of medium-to-large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Austrosiphonidae. [10] [11]
Penion mandarinus is a medium-to-large sized species of siphon whelk. [12] [13] The species could be confused with the sympatric species P. maximus , however P. mandarinus is typically smaller and has a smoother shell with a shorter siphonal canal. [12]
This marine species is endemic to Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria). [12] [13] [14]
Penion mandarinus is closely related to another Australian species P. maximus . [13] [15] The species have overlapping geographic ranges (sympatry) and may have evolved from a common ancestor via niche differentiation based on prey size and water depth. [15]
These subspecies have been previously recognised:
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