Species Penion maximus (Tryon, 1881)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Siphonalia maximus Tryon, G.W. 1880-1881. Tritonidae, Fusidae and Buccinidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 3 310 pp. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-24, Dec. 31, 1880; pp. 65-128, pls 26-52, Mar. 28, 1881; pp. 129-192, pls 53-79, Jun. 6, 1881; pp. 193-310, pls 80-87, Oct. 3, 1881] [135, pl. 54, fig. 355].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP, Tasmania.

 

Generic Combinations

• Penion maximus (Tryon, 1881). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [65]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

 

General References

Grove, S.J. 2011. A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania. http://www.molluscsoftasmania.net/index.html

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 [417-418]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [65]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	BUCCINOIDEA	18-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		19-Mar-2012	MODIFIED