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Penion
Sign in to savePenion is a genus of large marine snails, commonly known as siphon whelks, classified within the mollusc family Austrosiphonidae.
Species
Northern Siphon Whelk
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyAustrosiphonidae
Habitatmarine
Observations447
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 114
- With media
- 29
- Family
- Austrosiphonidae
- Collections
- PRI
- Recorded in
- Chile, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Description
- Ecology
- Distribution
- Evolution
- Human use
- Species
- ''Nomina dubia''
- Species brought into synonymy
- Reclassified species
- References
- External links
- Further reading
Penion is a genus of large marine snails, commonly known as siphon whelks, classified within the mollusc family Austrosiphonidae.
==Description== left|thumb|An apertural view of a gastropod shell|shell of [[Penion maximus]] Siphon whelks are large, benthic marine snails, or whelks.
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