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Penion proavitus

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Extinct species of gastropod

Penion proavitus
Temporal range: Paleocene, 66–56 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Austrosiphonidae
Genus: Penion
Species: P. proavitus
Binomial name
Penion proavitus
(Finlay & Marwick, 1937)
Synonyms

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

Description

Penion proavitus fossils are the earliest known specimens of Penion siphon whelks. The species was medium-to-large in size.

It is possible that fossils of Penion proavitus represent a stem lineage that was the common ancestor of Penion, Kelletia and Antarctoneptunea, instead of a species of Penion itself.

Distribution

Fossils of Penion proavitus are found in New Zealand's South Island. The species lived in the seas surrounding Zealandia between 56 and 66 million million years ago (Teurian stage).

References

  1. Kantor, Yuri I.; Fedosov, Alexander E.; Kosyan, Alisa R.; Puillandre, Nicolas; Sorokin, Pavel A.; Kano, Yasunori; Clark, Roger; Bouchet, Philippe (2022). "Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194 (3): 789–857. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031.
  2. ^ Finlay, Harold J.; Marwick, John (1937). "The Wangaloan and Associated Molluscan Faunas of Kaitangata-Green Island Subdivision". New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin. 15.
  3. ^ Beu, Alan G.; Maxwell, P.A. (1990). Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin. Vol. 58. Lower Hutt, New Zealand: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. ISSN 0114-2283.
  4. ^ Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017): 367–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018. PMID 28669812.
  5. ^ WoRMS World Register of Marine Species: Penion proavitus (Finlay & Marwick, 1937) †

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