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Paratrophon
Sign in to saveParatrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pagodulinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- UCMP, DMNH, USNM, NMV, QM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- New Zealand
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Paratrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pagodulinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
==Species== Species within the genus Paratrophon include: Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton, 1882) Paratrophon dumasi (Vélain, 1877) Paratrophon patens (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854) Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846) Species brought into synonymy: Paratrophon cheesmani [sic]: synonym of Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton, 1882) Paratrophon exsculptus Powell, 1933: synonym of Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton, 1882)
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