†Penion australocapax Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 (true whelk)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Full reference: J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55
Belongs to Penion according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992
Sister taxa: Penion bellus, Penion darwinianus, Penion delabechii, Penion marwicki, Penion subrectus, Austrosipho lamellifera, Austrosipho subreflexa
Type specimen: USNM 441738, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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