Antarctoneptunea benthicola Temporal range: Early
Pleistocene to Recent,
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Species: | A. benthicola
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Antarctoneptunea benthicola (Dell, 1956)
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Antarctoneptunea benthicola is a species of small-to-medium-sized predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Austrosiphonidae. [3] [1] [4]
Antarctoneptunea benthicola is a small-to-medium-sized species of marine snail in the genus Antarctoneptunea, the shell reaches 100 mm in height and 40 mm in diameter. [5]
This species is endemic to New Zealand. The species occurs in deep-water, [5] and its range extends from off the northern coast of the North Island to the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands. [2]
A. benthicola also has a Pleistocene fossil record in the South Island. [6]
The species was formerly recognised as Penion benthicolus, [2] [5] [6] but evolutionary trees based on mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence data, as well as geometric morphometric analysis of shell shape and size, indicate that the species belongs to Antarctoneptunea. [1] [7]
A subspecies, Penion benthicolus delli Powell, 1971 was formerly recognized, [5] but this taxon has since been demonstrated to be indistinguishable from other P. benthicolus based on shell morphology. [2]
Antarctoneptunea benthicola Temporal range: Early
Pleistocene to Recent,
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Apertural view of a shell of Antarctoneptunea benthicola | |
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Species: | A. benthicola
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Antarctoneptunea benthicola (Dell, 1956)
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Antarctoneptunea benthicola is a species of small-to-medium-sized predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Austrosiphonidae. [3] [1] [4]
Antarctoneptunea benthicola is a small-to-medium-sized species of marine snail in the genus Antarctoneptunea, the shell reaches 100 mm in height and 40 mm in diameter. [5]
This species is endemic to New Zealand. The species occurs in deep-water, [5] and its range extends from off the northern coast of the North Island to the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands. [2]
A. benthicola also has a Pleistocene fossil record in the South Island. [6]
The species was formerly recognised as Penion benthicolus, [2] [5] [6] but evolutionary trees based on mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence data, as well as geometric morphometric analysis of shell shape and size, indicate that the species belongs to Antarctoneptunea. [1] [7]
A subspecies, Penion benthicolus delli Powell, 1971 was formerly recognized, [5] but this taxon has since been demonstrated to be indistinguishable from other P. benthicolus based on shell morphology. [2]