Paratrophon patens

Paratrophon patens
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. patens
Binomial name
Paratrophon patens
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
Synonyms[1]

Purpura patens Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854

Paratrophon patens 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

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