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Name and classification

I'm a biologist who studies these snails, and I do not think that this is Penion cuvierianus from New Zealand. It instead looks like the species P. maximus from Australia. The colouration is typical for the latter species, and the axial ribs on the shell are more regular, and the protoconch has broken off, which is more common in P. maximus because the protoconch is very small compared to that of P. cuvierianus. The locality informaiton is also doubtful, as only extant P. cuvierianus jeakingsi can be found on the Kapiti Coast (rarely), and these look very different to this shell. A quickly internet image search can demonstrate this.

Second issue - the name of the species is P. cuvierianus, not P. cuvieranus. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.123.96.22 (talk) 22:32, 05 July 2016 (UTC)

Moved. Prahlad (talk to me / what I've done) 19:52, 24 November 2021 (UTC)