Photos of New Zealand Mollusca

Last Updated on 6 December 2008
key to geographical ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approxomation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K= Kermadec Islands
A= Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C= Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F= Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M= Moriorian - Chatham Islands
An= Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
FW= Freshwater
L= Land
Penion benthicolus Dell,1956
Class: Gastropoda
Sub Class: Prosobranchia
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: BUCCINIDAE: BUCCININAE
Distribution: Deep water off the South Island, off eastern Otago to Chatham Rise. C.F.M.An.
Size: Height 100mm, Width 40mm
Penion benthicolusPenion benthicolus dredged in deep water off the Chatham Rise.
Penion benthicolusPenion benthicolusclick to go to large map
 
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