Biology:Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi

Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi
An animal of Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi, collected from Golden Bay in New Zealand.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Penion
Species:	Penion cuvierianus
Subspecies:	P. cuvierianus jeakingsi
Trinomial name
Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi (Powell, 1947)
Synonyms
Veronella jeakingsi Powell, 1947

Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi is a subspecies of large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Description

Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi is a medium-to-large species of siphon whelk, endemic to New Zealand.

External links

• Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Taxon: Penion jeakingsi (Powell, 1947) (Species)
• Auckland War Memorial Museum Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi

Wikidata ☰ Q7162996 entry