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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Paratrophon (Genus)
> quoyi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Paratrophon stangeri Gray, 1843
=Polytropa retiara Hutton, 1878
=Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846
Images: Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846)
From low tide, Parengarenga Harbour. Far North, NZ. 31mm. © rights reserved
Alive among Corallina weed at low tide, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 23mm. © rights reserved
Alive among Corallina weed at low tide, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 23mm. © rights reserved
Low tide, north Auckland, NZ. © rights reserved
Low tide, north Auckland, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Paratrophon (Genus)
> quoyi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Paratrophon stangeri Gray, 1843
=Polytropa retiara Hutton, 1878
=Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846
Details: Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846)
Size/Grows to:
Height 35mm, Width 18mm
Distribution:
North Island as far south as Ahipara on west coast and Castlepoint on east coast, from 0m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, From low tide, often around Corallina seaweed
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.178)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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