Paratrophon quoyi

Paratrophon quoyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Paratrophon
Species: P. quoyi
Binomial name
Paratrophon quoyi
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]

Polytropa retiara Hutton, 1878
Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846

Paratrophon quoyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399305 on 24 April 2010.