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Penion
Sign in to savePenion is a genus of large marine snails, commonly known as siphon whelks, classified within the mollusc family Austrosiphonidae.
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Northern Siphon Whelk
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyAustrosiphonidae
Habitatmarine
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- Penion maximus (Tryon, 1881).jpg
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- Evolution
- Human use
- Species
- ''Nomina dubia''
- Species brought into synonymy
- Reclassified species
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Penion is a genus of large marine snails, commonly known as siphon whelks, classified within the mollusc family Austrosiphonidae.
==Description== left|thumb|An apertural view of a gastropod shell|shell of [[Penion maximus]] Siphon whelks are large, benthic marine snails, or whelks.
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