Penion gauli
| Penion gauli Temporal range: Early Miocene, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Austrosiphonidae |
| Genus: | Penion |
| Species: | †P. gauli |
| Binomial name | |
| †Penion gauli (Marwick, 1948) | |
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Penion gauli is an extinct species of marine snail or whelk, belonging to the true whelk family Austrosiphonidae. [1]
Distribution
Fossils of Penion gauli were found off Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand.
References
- ↑ Penion gauli (Laws, 1930) †. 22 April 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Marwick J. (1948). Lower Pliocene Mollusca from Otahuhu, Auckland. New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin. 16: 38 pp., 8 pl.
- 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.