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Taxonomy
Family:
AUSTROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Austrosiphonidae (Family)
> Penion (Genus)
> sulcatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosipho Cossmann, 1906
=Austrosipho (Verconella) Iredale, 1914
=Berylsma Iredale, 1924
=Largisipho Iredale, 1929
=Verconella Iredale, 1914
Synonymised Names:
=Austrosipho (Verconella) edita Powell, 1934
=Fusus adustus Philippi, 1845
=Fusus dilatatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Fusus sulcatus Lamarck, 1816
=Fusus zelandicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Penion adustus (Philippi, 1845)
=Penion dilatatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
=Penion sulcatus sulcatus (Lamarck, 1816)
=Verconella accipitris Finlay, 1930
=Verconella adpressa Powell, 1947
=Verconella adusta (Philippi, 1845)
=Verconella adusta var. mandarinoides Powell, 1927
=Verconella adusta worthyae Powell, 1947
=Verconella allani Finlay, 1930
=Verconella dilatata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
=Verconella falsa Finlay, 1930
Images: Penion sulcatus (Lamarck, 1816)
Scuba diving in 6 metres off Tutukaka, Whangarei, NZ. 110mm
Porirua Harbour, Wellington, NZ. 99mm
Taxonomy
Family:
AUSTROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Austrosiphonidae (Family)
> Penion (Genus)
> sulcatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosipho Cossmann, 1906
=Austrosipho (Verconella) Iredale, 1914
=Berylsma Iredale, 1924
=Largisipho Iredale, 1929
=Verconella Iredale, 1914
Synonymised Names:
=Austrosipho (Verconella) edita Powell, 1934
=Fusus adustus Philippi, 1845
=Fusus dilatatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Fusus sulcatus Lamarck, 1816
=Fusus zelandicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Penion adustus (Philippi, 1845)
=Penion dilatatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
=Penion sulcatus sulcatus (Lamarck, 1816)
=Verconella accipitris Finlay, 1930
=Verconella adpressa Powell, 1947
=Verconella adusta (Philippi, 1845)
=Verconella adusta var. mandarinoides Powell, 1927
=Verconella adusta worthyae Powell, 1947
=Verconella allani Finlay, 1930
=Verconella dilatata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
=Verconella falsa Finlay, 1930
Details: Penion sulcatus (Lamarck, 1816)
Size/Grows to:
Height 165mm, Width 65mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands, intertidal to about 50 fathoms
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Siphon Whelk, 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)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1975 Identity of Penion dilatatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833) (Mollusca: Buccinidae), New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 9 (p.569)
  • 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)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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