Paratrophon patens

Paratrophon patens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Paratrophon patens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Pagodulinae
Genus:
Paratrophon
Species:
P. patens
Binomial name
Paratrophon patens
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
Synonyms[1]

Purpura patens Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854

Description

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand

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References
  1. Paratrophon patens (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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