Paratrophon patens

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Paratrophon patens
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Shell of Paratrophon patens (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Paratrophon
Species:
P. patens
Binomial name
Paratrophon patens
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
Synonyms [1]

Purpura patensHombron & 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]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 20.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand

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