Penion sulcatus
Penion sulcatus | |
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Dorsal view of a shell of Penion sulcatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Penion |
Species: | P. sulcatus |
Binomial name | |
Penion sulcatus (Lamarck, 1816) | |
Synonyms | |
Fusus sulcatus Lamarck, 1816 |
Penion sulcatus is a species of very large predatory sea snail or true whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1