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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)

  • Genus: Paratrophon

  • Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton, 1882)
    Height 19mm, Width 11mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    Western North Island, from 0m
  • Paratrophon cheesemani exsculptus Powell, 1933
    Height 23mm, Width 13mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
    Western North Island, from 0m
  • Paratrophon patens (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
    Height 29mm, Width 17mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal on exposed rocky shores
    Western North Island and South Island, from 0m
  • Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846)
    Height 35mm, Width 18mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, From low tide, often around Corallina seaweed
    North Island as far south as Ahipara on west coast and Castlepoint on east coast, from 0m
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