Penion cuvierianus
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 Buccinidae, the true whelks.
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Description
Penion cuvierianus is a very large species of siphon whelk.[1][2] Shells vary between ivory and yellow in colouration.[2]
Distribution
Penion cuvierianus is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] The taxonomic name is a reference to the type locality of Cuvier Island.[1] The species has an abundant fossil record in the North Island of New Zealand.[3]
The species occurs in the subtidal zone between depths of 20 and 200 metres.[2]
Subspecies
These subspecies have been recognised:
- Penion cuvierianus cuvierianus (Powell, 1927)[1][3]
- Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi (Powell, 1947)[1]
Variation in shell morphology
- P. c. cuvierianus
- P. c. cuvierianus
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References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Willan, R.C., de C. Cook, S., Spencer, H.G., Creese, R.G., O’Shea, S., Jackson, G.D. Phylum Mollusca. In: de C. Cook, S.C. (eds.), New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates 1, 406 – 407. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand ISBN 978-1877257-60-5
- Beu, Alan G.; Maxwell, P.A. (1990). Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin. 58. Lower Hutt, New Zealand: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. ISSN 0114-2283.
External links
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Taxon: Penion cuvierianus Powell, 1927 (Species)
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Penion cuvierianus cuvierianus
- Massey University NZ Fauna Scanned 3D model of Penion cuvierianus
- Natural History Museum Rotterdam - Mollusca - Gastropoda - Buccinidae
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