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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. © rights reserved
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:
Off northernmost tip of North Island, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Waipiro Bay, from 38-777m
Type Data:
  • Bay of Islands - no exact data, NZ, (type of dilatatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Bay of Plenty - no exact data, NZ, (holotype)
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

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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