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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Austrosiphonidae |
Genus: | Penion |
Species: | P. lineatus
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Binomial name | |
Penion lineatus
B.A. Marshall, Hills & Vaux, 2018
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Penion lineatus is a species of medium-sized marine snail or whelk, belonging to the true whelk family Austrosiphonidae. [1] [2] [3] It was described in 2018. [2]
Adult shells are between 68 mm and 172 mm in length. The shell protoconch is cream coloured and the teleoconch is covered in yellow or brown bands. [2]
Penion lineatus is endemic to waters surrounding the Three Kings Islands and Cape Reinga north of mainland New Zealand. [2] [3]
Penion lineatus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Austrosiphonidae |
Genus: | Penion |
Species: | P. lineatus
|
Binomial name | |
Penion lineatus
B.A. Marshall, Hills & Vaux, 2018
|
Penion lineatus is a species of medium-sized marine snail or whelk, belonging to the true whelk family Austrosiphonidae. [1] [2] [3] It was described in 2018. [2]
Adult shells are between 68 mm and 172 mm in length. The shell protoconch is cream coloured and the teleoconch is covered in yellow or brown bands. [2]
Penion lineatus is endemic to waters surrounding the Three Kings Islands and Cape Reinga north of mainland New Zealand. [2] [3]