Penion lineatus explained

Penion lineatus is a species of medium-sized marine snail or whelk, belonging to the true whelk family Austrosiphonidae.^{[1] [2] [3]} It was described in 2018.^[2]

Description

Adult shells are between 68 mm and 172 mm in length. The shell protoconch is cream coloured and the teleoconch is covered in yellow or brown bands.

Distribution

Penion lineatus is endemic to waters surrounding the Three Kings Islands and Cape Reinga north of mainland New Zealand.

External links

• Collections at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Taxon: Penion lineatus Marshall, Hills & Vaux, 2018

Notes and References

1. Kantor, Yuri I.. Fedosov, Alexander E.. Kosyan, Alisa R.. Puillandre, Nicolas. Sorokin, Pavel A.. Kano, Yasunori. Clark, Roger. Bouchet, Philippe. Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2022. 194. 3. 789–857. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031.
2. 10.1080/13235818.2017.1420398 . A new species of Penion P. Fischer, 1884 from northern New Zealand (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea) . Molluscan Research. 38 . 4 . 238–242 . 2018 . Marshall . Bruce A. . Hills . Simon F.K. . Vaux . Felix . 90709310 .
3. 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.009 . Evolutionary lineages of marine snails identified using molecular phylogenetics and geometric morphometric analysis of shells . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127 . October 2018 . 626–637 . 2018 . Vaux . Felix . Crampton . James S.C. . Trewick . Steven A. . Marshall . Bruce A. . Beu . Alan G. . Hills . Simon F.K.. Morgan-Richards . Mary . 29913310 . 49303166 .