Penion cuvieranus

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Penion cuvieranus
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A shell of Penion cuvieranus from the Kapiti Coast, north of Wellington, New Zealand
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P. cuvieranus
Binomial name
Penion cuvieranus
Synonyms
  • Fusus dilatatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Siphonalia dilatata Suter, 1913
  • Megalatractus maximus Suter, 1913
  • Verconella dilatata Iredale, 1914
  • Verconella dilatata rex Finlay, 1927
  • Verconella dilatata cuvieriana Iredale, 1914

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Penion cuvieranus is a species of very large predatory sea snail or true whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

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