Paratrophon patens | |
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Shell of Paratrophon patens (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]
The length of the shell attains 20.8 mm.
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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand
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