Paratrophon cheesemani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Paratrophon cheesemani | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Paratrophon |
Species: | P. cheesemani
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Binomial name | |
Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton, 1882)
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Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand
References
edit- ^ a b Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
External links
edit- 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
- Bruce A. Marshall, Molluscan and brachiopod taxa introduced by F. W. Hutton in The New Zealand journal of science; Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 25, Issue 4, 1995