>OBIS seems to equate these two Australian forms, although they seem
>rather distinct in The Compendium. It also seems to jump between
>Fasciolaridae and Buccinidae in various books.  Anybody have the latest
>word on the status of 'waitei' ?
>Thanks
>Allen Aigen  NYC
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Penion mandarina is a synonym of P. sulcatus (Lamarck 19xx). I can't
remember whether it was described from an Aussie or NZ specimen. It
is definitely in Buccininae, not Fasciolariinae. P. waitei is an
Aussie endemic. On shell characters I think it belongs in Penion,
which has a number of synonyms eg Verconella. The genus goes back
into the early Paleocene of NZ, when it was just a wee thing at most
25mm long. Over time the genus developed a large blunt protoconch;
older species had a small one.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
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