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Buccinidae - Siphonaliinae: Penion mandarinus (Duclos, 1831) ('mandarin whelk')
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Synonym(s):
mandarinus Duclos, 1831
grandis Gray, 1839
dilatatus Reeve, 1847
pastinacea Reeve, 1848
tasmaniensis A. Adams & Angas, 1864
oligostira Tate, 1891
waitei Hedley, 1903
levifida Iredale, 1929
spectandus Iredale & McMichael, 1962.
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Figures a-b: 93 mm, Coningham, Tas (S). Figure c: 38 mm, Maria Island, Tas (E). Figures d-e: 15 mm, Narawntapu, Tas (N). |
Typical shell-length 140 mm. Smaller, more rounded and pinker than P. maximus. Lives subtidally and offshore on fine sand and mud.
Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmania this is a widespread species but seldom beached. Found in shallower water in the S.
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