Penion finlayi
| Penion finlayi Temporal range: Early Miocene, | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Austrosiphonidae |
| Genus: | Penion |
| Species: | †P. finlayi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Penion finlayi (Laws, 1930) † | |
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Penion finlayi is an extinct species of marine snail or whelk, belonging to the true whelk family Austrosiphonidae. [1]
Distribution
Fossils of Penion finlayi were found in Kaawa Creek or Pakaurangi Point, New Zealand.
References
- ↑ Penion finlayi (Laws, 1930) †. 22 April 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Laws, C. R. "New Tertiary Mollusca from New Zealand. No. 2." Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. Vol. 62. 1932.
- Ponder, W. F. (1973). A review of the Australian species of Penion Fischer (Mollusca: Buccinidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia.
- Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.