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Penion sulcatus

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Penion sulcatus
Dorsal view of a shell of Penion sulcatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Penion
Species:
P. sulcatus
Binomial name
Penion sulcatus
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms

Fusus sulcatus Lamarck, 1816
Fusus zelandicus Quoy and Gaimard, 1833
Fusus adustus Philippi, 1845

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

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