Penion ormesi
| Penion ormesi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Penion |
| Species: | P. ormesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Penion ormesi (Powell A W B, 1927) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Verconella ormesi Powell A W B, 1927 | |
Penion ormesi is a species of very large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Description
Penion ormesi is a large to very large species of siphon whelk.[1] P. ormesi is benthic, and typically inhabits soft-sediments on the continental shelf.[2]
Distribution
The species is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the Cook Strait and off the west coast of the South Island.[1] Fossils of the species are recorded from Wanganui.[3]
References
- 1 2 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.
External links
- World Register of Marine Species: Penion ormesi Powell, 1927
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Taxon: Penion ormesi Powell, 1927 (Species)
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