Penion crawfordi
| Penion crawfordi Temporal range: Middle to Late Miocene,
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| An embedded fossil of Penion crawfordi at Cape Palliser, New Zealand. | |
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| Species: | †P. crawfordi
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| †Penion crawfordi (Hutton, 1873)
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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
- ^ a b c d e Beu, A.G. and Maxwell, P.A. 1990. Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin, 58.
- ^ a b "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
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