Penion cuvierianus

Penion cuvierianus; Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Recent, 1.63–0.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Dorsal view of a shell of Penion cuvierianus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Austrosiphonidae
Genus:	Penion
Species:	P. cuvierianus
Binomial name
	Penion cuvierianus; (Powell, 1927)
Synonyms
	Fusus dilatatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833; Siphonalia dilatata Suter, 1913; Megalatractus maximus Suter, 1913; Verconella dilatata Iredale, 1914; Verconella dilatata rex Finlay, 1927; Verconella dilatata cuvieriana Iredale, 1914; Verconella dilatata var. elongata Powell, 1927; Verconella dilatata var. rotunda Powell, 1927; Verconella elongata Powell, 1927;

Penion cuvierianus is a species of very large predatory sea snail or whelk, commonly called the flaring penion, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Description

Penion cuvierianus is a very large species of siphon whelk.^[1]^[2] Shells vary between ivory and yellow in colouration.^[2]

Recent genetic and geometric morphometric research using shell shape and size has demonstrated that a formerly recognised subspecies Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi is closely related to Penion ormesi, instead of Penion curierianus, and the taxon has been synonymised with P. ormesi.^[3]

Variation in shell morphology

P. c. cuvierianus
P. c. cuvierianus
P. c. cuvierianus
P. c.cuvierianus

Distribution

Penion cuvierianus is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]^[2] The taxonomic name is a reference to the type locality of Cuvier Island.^[1] The species has an abundant fossil record in the North Island of New Zealand.^[4]

The species occurs in the subtidal zone between depths of 20 and 200 metres.^[2]

Subspecies

These subspecies have been recognised:

Penion cuvierianus cuvierianus (Powell, 1927)^[1]^[4]

Subspecies brought into synonymy

Penion cuvierianus jeakingsi (Powell, 1947):^[1] synonym of Penion ormesi (Powell, 1927)^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Willan, R.C., de C. Cook, S., Spencer, H.G., Creese, R.G., O’Shea, S., Jackson, G.D. Phylum Mollusca. In: de C. Cook, S.C. (eds.), New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates 1, 406 – 407. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand ISBN 978-1877257-60-5
^ ^a ^b Vaux, Felix; Gemmell, Michael R.; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Beu, Alan G.; Crampton, James S.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2020). "Lineage Identification Affects Estimates of Evolutionary Mode in Marine Snails". Systematic Biology. 69 (6): 1106–1121. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa018.
^ ^a ^b 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.

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[Powell_1979-1] Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

[Willan_2010-2] Willan, R.C., de C. Cook, S., Spencer, H.G., Creese, R.G., O’Shea, S., Jackson, G.D. Phylum Mollusca. In: de C. Cook, S.C. (eds.), New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates 1, 406 – 407. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand ISBN 978-1877257-60-5

[Vaux_2020-3] Vaux, Felix; Gemmell, Michael R.; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Beu, Alan G.; Crampton, James S.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2020). "Lineage Identification Affects Estimates of Evolutionary Mode in Marine Snails". Systematic Biology. 69 (6): 1106–1121. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa018.

[Beu_1990-4] 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.

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