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Taxonomy
Family:
AUSTROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Austrosiphonidae (Family)
> Penion (Genus)
> cuvierianus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosipho Cossmann, 1906
=Austrosipho (Verconella) Iredale, 1914
=Berylsma Iredale, 1924
=Largisipho Iredale, 1929
=Verconella Iredale, 1914
Synonymised Names:
=Penion cuvierianus cuvierianus (Powell, 1927) accepted, alternate representation
=Penion dilatatus of authors
=Verconella dilatata rex Finlay, 1926
=Verconella dilatata var. cuvieriana Powell, 1927
=Verconella dilatata var. elongata Powell, 1927
=Verconella dilatata var. rotunda Powell, 1927
=Verconella elongata Powell, 1927
Images: Penion cuvierianus (Powell, 1927)
Trawled off the Bay of Plenty, NZ. 178mm
Collected off Mayor Island, NZ (M.083826). 255mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
AUSTROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Austrosiphonidae (Family)
> Penion (Genus)
> cuvierianus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosipho Cossmann, 1906
=Austrosipho (Verconella) Iredale, 1914
=Berylsma Iredale, 1924
=Largisipho Iredale, 1929
=Verconella Iredale, 1914
Synonymised Names:
=Penion cuvierianus cuvierianus (Powell, 1927) accepted, alternate representation
=Penion dilatatus of authors
=Verconella dilatata rex Finlay, 1926
=Verconella dilatata var. cuvieriana Powell, 1927
=Verconella dilatata var. elongata Powell, 1927
=Verconella dilatata var. rotunda Powell, 1927
=Verconella elongata Powell, 1927
Details: Penion cuvierianus (Powell, 1927)
Size/Grows to:
Height 220mm, Width 85mm
Distribution:
North Island to Cook Strait and Tasman Bay
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.200)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1926 Variation of a Molluscan Genus Verconella with Descriptions of New Recent Species, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.551) Original Description

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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