Penion ormesi

Penion ormesi is a species of very large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Penion ormesi
Shell of Penion ormesi (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
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

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]

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References
  1. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  2. Dell, R.K.. 1962. New Zealand Marine Provinces - do they exist? Tuatara, 10: 43 - 52. Online Copy courtesy of New Zealand Electronic Text Collection
  3. 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.


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