Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Buccinidae | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Buccinoidea Genus Penion | |
Penion ormesi is a species of very large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
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Description
Penion ormesi is a large to very large species of siphon whelk. P. ormesi is benthic, and typically inhabits soft-sediments on the continental shelf.
Distribution
The species is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the Cook Strait and off the west coast of the South Island. Fossils of the species are recorded from Wanganui.
References
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