Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi
| Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi | |
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| An animal of Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi, collected from Golden Bay in New Zealand. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Penion |
| Species: | Penion cuvierianus |
| Subspecies: | P. cuvierianus jeakingsi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi (Powell, 1947) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Veronella jeakingsi Powell, 1947 | |
Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi is a subspecies of large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Description
Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi is a medium-to-large species of siphon whelk, endemic to New Zealand.[1]
References
- ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
External links
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Taxon: Penion jeakingsi (Powell, 1947) (Species)
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi
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