Penion

Penion
Temporal range: Early Paleocene to Recent,
A siphon whelk Penion ormesi, collected from Golden Bay in New Zealand
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Austrosiphonidae
Genus: Penion
P. Fischer, 1884
Species

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Synonyms
  • Austrosipho Cossmann, 1906
  • Austrosipho (Verconella) Iredale, 1914
  • Berylsma Iredale, 1924
  • Largisipho Iredale, 1929
  • Penion (Austrosipho) Cossmann, 1906
  • Verconella Iredale, 1914

Penion is a genus of large marine snails, commonly known as siphon whelks, classified within the mollusc family Austrosiphonidae.

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