Penion petitianus
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| Penion petitianus | |
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| Shell of Penion petitianus (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Austrosiphonidae |
| Genus: | Penion |
| Species: | †P. petitianus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Penion petitianus (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) | |
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Penion petitianus is an extinct species of marine snail or whelk, belonging to the true whelk family Austrosiphonidae. [1]