| 词条 | Penion cuvierianus |
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| name = Penion cuvierianus | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Mollusca | classis = Gastropoda | unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda | superfamilia = Buccinoidea | familia = Buccinidae | genus = Penion | species = P. cuvierianus | binomial = Penion cuvierianus | binomial_authority = (Powell, 1927) | synonyms =
}} 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. DescriptionPenion cuvierianus is a very large species of siphon whelk.[1][2] Shells vary between ivory and yellow in colouration.[2]DistributionPenion 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] SubspeciesThese subspecies have been recognised:
References1. ^1 2 3 4 Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}} 2. ^1 2 3 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}} 3. ^1 Beu, A.G. and Maxwell, P.A. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin, 58. External links
3 : Buccinidae|Gastropods of New Zealand|Gastropods described in 1927 |
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