Penion sulcatus
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Penion sulcatus is a species of medium-to-large predatory marine snail or whelk, commonly called the northern siphon whelk or kākara nui in Māori, belonging to the whelk family Austrosiphonidae.[1]
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Penion sulcatus | |
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Dorsal view of a shell of Penion sulcatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Austrosiphonidae |
Genus: | Penion |
Species: | P. sulcatus |
Binomial name | |
Penion sulcatus (Lamarck, 1816) | |
Synonyms | |
Fusus sulcatus Lamarck, 1816 |
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