Penion crawfordi

Penion crawfordi
Temporal range: Middle to Late Miocene, 15.9–7.2 Ma
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. 1 2 3 4 5 Beu, A.G. and Maxwell, P.A. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin, 58.
  2. 1 2 "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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