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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Paratrophon (Genus)
> quoyi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Paratrophon stangeri Gray, 1843
=Polytropa retiara Hutton, 1878
=Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846
Images: Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846)
From low tide, Parengarenga Harbour. Far North, NZ. 31mm
Alive among Corallina weed at low tide, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 23mm
Alive among Corallina weed at low tide, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 23mm
Low tide, north Auckland, NZ
Low tide, north Auckland, NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Paratrophon (Genus)
> quoyi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Paratrophon stangeri Gray, 1843
=Polytropa retiara Hutton, 1878
=Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846
Details: Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846)
Size/Grows to:
Height 35mm, Width 18mm
Distribution:
North Island. From low tide, often around Corallina seaweed
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.178)

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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