Biology:Penion lineatus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| 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
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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]
Description
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]
Distribution
Penion lineatus is endemic to waters surrounding the Three Kings Islands and Cape Reinga north of mainland New Zealand.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Kantor, Yuri I.; Fedosov, Alexander E.; Kosyan, Alisa R.; Puillandre, Nicolas; Sorokin, Pavel A.; Kano, Yasunori; Clark, Roger; Bouchet, Philippe (2022). "Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194 (3): 789–857. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Marshall, Bruce A.; Hills, Simon F.K.; Vaux, Felix (2018). "A new species of Penion P. Fischer, 1884 from northern New Zealand (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea)". Molluscan Research 38 (4): 238–242. doi:10.1080/13235818.2017.1420398.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vaux, Felix; Crampton, James S.C.; Trewick, Steven A.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Beu, Alan G.; Hills, Simon F.K.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2018). "Evolutionary lineages of marine snails identified using molecular phylogenetics and geometric morphometric analysis of shells". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127 (October 2018): 626–637. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.009. PMID 29913310.
External links
- Collections at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Taxon: Penion lineatus Marshall, Hills & Vaux, 2018
Wikidata ☰ Q59560543 entry
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