Penion lineatus
Penion lineatus is a species of medium-sized marine snail or whelk, belonging to the true whelk family Buccinidae.[1][2] It was described in 2018.[1]
| Penion lineatus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Penion |
| Species: | P. lineatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Penion lineatus B.A. Marshall, Hills & Vaux, 2018 | |
Description
Adult shells are between 68 mm and 172 mm in length. The shell protoconch is cream coloured and the teleoconch is covered in yellow or brown bands.[1]
Distribution
Penion lineatus is endemic to waters surrounding the Three Kings Islands and Cape Reinga north of mainland New Zealand.[1][2]
References
- Marshall, Bruce A.; Hills, Simon F.K.; Vaux, Felix (2018). "A new species of Penion P. Fischer, 1884 from northern New Zealand (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea)". Molluscan Research. 38 (4): 238–242. doi:10.1080/13235818.2017.1420398.
- Vaux, Felix; Crampton, James S.C.; Trewick, Steven A.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Beu, Alan G.; Hills, Simon F.K.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2018). "Evolutionary lineages of marine snails identified using molecular phylogenetics and geometric morphometric analysis of shells". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127 (October 2018): 626–637. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.009. PMID 29913310.
External links
- Collections at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Taxon: Penion lineatus Marshall, Hills & Vaux, 2018
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.