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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, Native - Endemic
    North Island west coast, from Ninety Mile Beach to Kawhia
  • Paratrophon cheesemani exsculptus Powell, 1933
    Height 23mm, Width 13mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    West Coast North and South Islands from Port Waikato to Jackson Bay, south of Haast
  • Paratrophon patens (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
    Height 29mm, Width 17mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Lamellose within the grooves
    South Island and Stewart Island. On exposed rocky shores
  • Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846)
    Height 35mm, Width 18mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island. From low tide, often around Corallina seaweed
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