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Penion marwicki

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Verconella marwicki was named by Finlay (1930). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Castlecliff, Tainui Shell Bed, which is in a Castlecliffian coastal siltstone in the Tainui Shell Bed Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Penion marwicki by Beu et al. (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Verconella marwicki Finlay
1990Penion marwicki Beu et al. p. 197

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPenionFischer 1884
speciesmarwicki(Finlay 1930)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Penion marwicki Finlay 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Otaian to the top of the Castlecliffian or 21.70000 to 0.34000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand (Dannevirke) Verconella marwicki (35658)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand Verconella marwicki (67827)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand Penion marwicki (77489)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Penion marwicki (77491) Verconella marwicki (67822 67896 67897 67898 67899 67900)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand Verconella marwicki (89043)