Penion chathamensis
| Penion chathamensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Penion |
| Species: | P. chathamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Penion chathamensis (Powell, A.W.B., 1938) | |
Penion chathamensis is a species of very large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Description
Penion chathamensis is a very large species of siphon whelk, endemic to New Zealand.[1] The species is distributed off of the west coast of the South Island, and occurs on Chatham Rise and in waters surrounding the Chatham Islands[1] The latter location is the type locality, giving rise to the binomial name of the species.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
External links
- World Register of Marine Species: Penion chathamensis Powell, 1938
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Taxon: Penion chathamensis Powell, 1938 (Species)
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