Paratrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pagodulinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Paratrophon
Paratrophon quoyi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Pagodulinae
Genus: Paratrophon
Finlay, 1926
Type species
Polytropa cheesemani Hutton, 1882

Species

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Species within the genus Paratrophon include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Paratrophon cheesmani [sic]: synonym of Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton, 1882)
  • Paratrophon exsculptus Powell, 1933: synonym of Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton, 1882)

References

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  • Ponder, W.F. (1971). A review of the New Zealand neogastropd genus Paratrophon Finlay (Mollusca: Muricidae). Journal de Conchyliologie 109: 110–118.
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