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Penion
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Penion is a genus of large marine snails, commonly known as siphon whelks, classified within the mollusc family Austrosiphonidae.[1][5][6][7][8][9]
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A siphon whelk Penion ormesi,[1] collected from Golden Bay in New Zealand | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Austrosiphonidae |
Genus: | Penion P. Fischer, 1884[2] |
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