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Penion
Description | Penion is a genus of large marine snails, commonly known as siphon whelks, classified within the mollusc family Buccinidae, the true whelks. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penion, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Penion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Penion Fischer, 1884 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Man. Conch. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (11%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Buccinidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Buccinidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penion |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Austrosipho lamellifera ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
Austrosipho subreflexa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
Fusus darwinianus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Fusus subreflexa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion affixus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion antarctocarinatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion asper species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion australocapax species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion bartrumi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion brazieri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion chathamensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion clifdenensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion crassus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion crawfordi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion cuvierianus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion darwinianus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Penion diversus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion domeykoanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion exoptatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion fairfieldae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion finlayi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion gauli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion haweraensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion hiatulus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion huttoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion imperfectus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion interjunctus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion koruahinensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion lineatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion longirostris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion macsporrani species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion mandarinus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion marwicki ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 1.63 Ma Pleistocene | |
Penion maximus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion oncodes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion ormesi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion parans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion petitianus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion proavitus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion roblini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion spatiosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion subrectus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion subreflexus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion subregularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion sulcatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Penion titan ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | |
Penion winthropi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Siphonalia lamellifera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Verconella bella species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Verconella delabechii species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Austrosipho Cossmann, 1906 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Austrosipho |
Berylsma Iredale, 1924 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Berylsma |
Verconella Iredale, 1914 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Verconella |
Penim Hoyle, 1896 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Penim |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1884 | Penion Fischer |
1906 | Austrosipho Cossmann |
1928 | Austrosipho Finlay |
1966 | Penion Palmer and Brann |
1983 | Penion Zinsmeister p. 1294 |
1990 | Penion Beu et al. p. 413 |
1994 | Penion Wilson p. 64 |
2002 | Penion Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!