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 | |
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Fusus sulcatus Lamarck, 1816 | |
Penion sulcatus is a species of very large predatory marine snail or whelk, commonly called the northern siphon whelk, belonging to the true whelk family Buccinidae.
References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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