Penion crawfordi
Penion crawfordi Temporal range: Middle to Late Miocene, 15.9–7.2 Ma | |
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An embedded fossil of Penion crawfordi at Cape Palliser, New Zealand. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Penion |
Species: | †P. crawfordi |
Binomial name | |
†Penion crawfordi (Hutton, 1873) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Penion crawfordi is an extinct species of marine snail or whelk, belonging to the true whelk family Buccinidae.[1][2]
Description
Penion crawfordi is a large, extinct species of Penion siphon whelk.[1][2] Shells of P. crawfordi have spine-like, dorso-ventrally compressed nodules on the shell spire.[1]
Distribution
Fossils of Penion crawfordi are found in northern South Island and southern North Island in New Zealand.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Beu, A.G. and Maxwell, P.A. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin, 58.
- 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Penion crawfordi (Hutton, 1873) †". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
- ↑ Crampton, J.S., Terezow, M. The Kiwi Fossil Hunter's Handbook. GNS Science, Auckland, New Zealand (2010). ISBN 9781869791889
External links
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- Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990): Penion crawfordi (Hutton, 1873)
- International Fossil Shell Museum: New Zealand Miocene
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