Penion Fischer 1884 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Austrosiphonidae

Parent taxon: Austrosiphonidae according to Y. I. Kantor et al. 2022

See also Beu et al. 1990, Palmer and Brann 1966, Pérez et al. 2026, Sepkoski 2002, Wilson 1994 and Zinsmeister 1983

Sister taxa: Antarctoneptunea, Austrosipho, Kelletia, Serratifusus

Subtaxa: Penion australocapax Penion bellus Penion darwinianus Penion delabechii Penion marwicki Penion subrectus

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Type: Kelletia dilatata

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of New Zealand (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Chile (8), New Zealand (4)

• Miocene of Argentina (8), Australia (2), Chile (2), New Zealand (12)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (8), United States (35: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas)

• Paleocene of France (1), Greenland (3)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2)

Total: 88 collections including 102 occurrences

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