| Penion crawfordi Temporal range: Middle to Late Miocene, | |
|---|---|
 | |
| An embedded fossil of Penion crawfordi at Cape Palliser, New Zealand. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Austrosiphonidae |
| 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, Alan G.; Maxwell, P.A. (1990). Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin. Vol. 58. Lower Hutt, New Zealand: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. ISSN 0114-2283.
- 1 2 "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Penion crawfordi (Hutton, 1873) †". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ↑ Crampton, J.S., Terezow, M. The Kiwi Fossil Hunter's Handbook. GNS Science, Auckland, New Zealand (2010). ISBN 9781869791889
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Penion crawfordi.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.