Penion crawfordi

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Penion crawfordi
Temporal range: Middle to Late Miocene, 15.9–7.2 Ma
Penion crawfordi rock.jpg
An embedded fossil of Penion crawfordi at Cape Palliser, New Zealand.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Penion
Species:
†P. crawfordi
Binomial name
†Penion crawfordi
(Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus crawfordi Hutton, 1873
  • Austrosipho (Verconella) latispinifer Marwick, 1932
  • Austrosipho masoni Fleming, 1943
  • Austrosipho takapauensis Fleming, 1943
  • Murex crawfordi Hutton, 1873
  • Verconella crawfordi Hutton, 1873
  • Austrosipho (Verconella) crawfordi Hutton, 1873
  • Verconella latispinifer

Penion crawfordi is an extinct species of marine snail or whelk, belonging to the true whelk family Buccinidae.[1][2]

Description[]

Penion crawfordi is a large, extinct species of Penion siphon whelk.[1][2] Shells of P. crawfordi have spine-like, dorso-ventrally compressed nodules on the shell spire.[1]

Distribution[]

Fossils of Penion crawfordi are found in northern South Island and southern North Island in New Zealand.[1][3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Beu, Alan G.; Maxwell, P.A. (1990). Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin. Vol. 58. Lower Hutt, New Zealand: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. ISSN 0114-2283.
  2. ^ a b "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Penion crawfordi (Hutton, 1873) †". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  3. ^ Crampton, J.S., Terezow, M. The Kiwi Fossil Hunter's Handbook. GNS Science, Auckland, New Zealand (2010). ISBN 9781869791889

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