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Species List for Genus: Penion
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Austrosiphonidae (Family) > Penion (Genus)

  • Genus: Penion

  • Penion chathamensis (Powell, 1938)
    Height 244mm, Width 106mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Cook Strait, eastern and south-western South Island, Snares and Auckland Islands and Chatham Rise, from 109-515m
  • Penion cuvierianus (Powell, 1927)
    Height 220mm, Width 85mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off northernmost tip of North Island, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Waipiro Bay, from 38-777m
  • Penion lineatus Marshall, Hills & Vaux, 2018
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands and NW of Cape Reinga, from 77-246m
  • Penion ormesi (Powell, 1927)
    Height 200mm, Width 75mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Slender with tall spire
    Three Kings Islands, western North Island, and northern South Island as far south as Kaikoura on the east coast and Hokitika on the west coast, from 9-695m
  • Penion sulcatus (Lamarck, 1816)
    Height 165mm, Width 65mm
    Siphon Whelk, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island and South Island as far south as Akaroa, from 0-165m
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