Genus Penion Fischer, 1884
- Penion Fischer, P. 1884. Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivant et fossiles. Paris : F. Savy Vol. 7 pp. 609-688. [625] [see also Verconella, an unnecessary substitute name].
Type species:
Fusus dilatatus Quoy & Gaimard by monotypy. - Austrosipho Cossmann, M. 1906. Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Paris : Cossmann Vol. 7 261 pp. [229].
Type species:
Siphonalia roblini Tate by original designation. - Verconella Iredale, T. 1914. On some invalid molluscan generic names. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 170-178 [Sept. 1914] [175] [replacement name; unnecessary nom. nov. pro Penion P. Fischer, by Iredale assumed to be a junior homonym of Penium Philippi, 1865].
Type species:
Fusus dilatatus Quoy & Gaimard by original designation (by typification of replaced name). - Berylsma Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [183, 267].
Type species:
Fusus waitei Hedley, 1903 by original designation. - Largisipho Iredale, T. 1929. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157-189, pls 38-41 [182].
Type species:
Largisipho spectanda Iredale, 1929 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IMCRA
Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
General References
Ponder, W.F. 1973. A review of the Australian species of Penion Fischer (Neogastropoda: Buccinidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 2(4): 401-428 [402]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | BUCCINOIDEA | 10-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 19-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |