Paratrophon cheesemani

Paratrophon cheesemani
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. cheesemani
Binomial name
Paratrophon cheesemani
(Hutton, 1882)
Synonyms[1]
  • Paratrophon cheesemani cheesemani (Hutton, 1882)
  • Paratrophon cheesemani exsculptus Powell, 1933
  • Paratrophon cheesmani [sic] (misspelling)
  • Paratrophon exsculptus Powell,1933
  • Polytropa cheesemani Hutton, 1882

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

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand

References

  1. 1 2 Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton, 1882).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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