Penion mandarinus

Penion mandarinus
Apertural view of a shell of Penion mandarinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Penion
Species:	P. mandarinus
Binomial name
Penion mandarinus (Duclos, P.L., 1831)
Synonyms
Berylsma grandis levifida Iredale, 1925 Fusus grandis Gray, 1839 Fusus mandarinus Duclos, 1832 (original combination) Fusus pastinacea Reeve, 1848 Fusus tasmaniensis Adams & Angas, 1864 Fusus waitei Hedley, 1903 Largisipho oligostira spectanda Iredale, 1929 Penion sulcatus mandarinus (Duclos, 1832) Siphonalia oligostira Tate, 1891

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda

Penion mandarinus, common name the mandarin penion, southern siphon whelk or Waite's buccinum whelk, is a species of medium-to-large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Penion mandarinus is a medium-to-large sized species of siphon whelk. The species could be confused with the sympatric species P. maximus, however P. mandarinus is typically smaller and has a smoother shell with a shorter siphonal canal.

This marine species is endemic to Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria).

These subspecies have been recognised:

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