Paratrophon
Genus of gastropods
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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]
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| Paratrophon | |
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| Paratrophon quoyi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
Species within the genus Paratrophon include:
- Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton, 1882)[2]
- Paratrophon dumasi (Vélain, 1877)[3]
- Paratrophon patens (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)[4]
- Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846)[5]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Paratrophon cheesmani [sic]: synonym of Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton, 1882)
- Paratrophon exsculptus Powell, 1933: synonym of Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton, 1882)
