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Species List for Genus: Paratrophon
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Pagodulinae (Subfamily) > Paratrophon (Genus)
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  • Genus: Paratrophon

  • Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton, 1882)
    Height 19mm, Width 11mm
    Marine, Endemic
    North Island west coast, from Ninety Mile Beach to Kawhia
    ACE.
  • Paratrophon cheesemani exsculptus Powell, 1933
    Height 23mm, Width 13mm
    Marine, Endemic
    West Coast North and South Islands from Port Waikato to Jackson Bay, south of Haast
    CFE.
  • Paratrophon patens (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
    Height 29mm, Width 17mm
    Marine, Endemic, Lamellose within the grooves
    South Island and Stewart Island. On exposed rocky shores
    CFE.
  • Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846)
    Height 35mm, Width 18mm
    Marine, Endemic
    North Island. From low tide, often around Corallina seaweed
    ACE.
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil