Penion huttoni

Penion huttoni
Temporal range: Early Miocene, 18.7–15.9 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Austrosiphonidae
Genus: Penion
Species:
†P. huttoni
Binomial name
†Penion huttoni
(L. C. King, 1934)
Synonyms
  • † Austrosipho huttoni L. C. King, 1934 (superseded combination)

Penion huttoni is an extinct species of marine snail or whelk, belonging to the true whelk family Austrosiphonidae.

Distribution

Fossils of Penion huttoni were found off lower Awatere district, Marlborough, New Zealand.

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