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

External links

Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

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