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 Austrosiphonidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Penion mandarinus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Australaria australasia
- Penion sulcatus
- Propefusus australis
- Syrinx aruana
- Charonia lampas
- Africofusus ocelliferus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Austrosiphonidae
- Genus
- Penion
- Species
- Penion mandarinus
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