WoRMS taxon details
Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846)
399305 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:399305)
accepted
Species
Polytropa retiara F. W. Hutton, 1878 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus <i>Purpura</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, Vol. 3. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls. 1-13 and unpaginated text [pls. 2, 3, Jul. 1846; 4-8, Aug. 1846; 9-12, Sept. 1846; 1, 13, Oct. 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118701
page(s): pl. 13, sp. 71 [details]
page(s): pl. 13, sp. 71 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399305 on 2025-06-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus <i>Purpura</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, Vol. 3. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls. 1-13 and unpaginated text [pls. 2, 3, Jul. 1846; 4-8, Aug. 1846; 9-12, Sept. 1846; 1, 13, Oct. 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118701
page(s): pl. 13, sp. 71 [details]
original description (of Polytropa retiara F. W. Hutton, 1878) Hutton, F.W. (1878). Révision des coquilles de la Nouvelle-Zélande et des Iles Chatham. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 26(1): 5-57., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015842
page(s): 20 [details]
page(s): pl. 13, sp. 71 [details]
original description (of Polytropa retiara F. W. Hutton, 1878) Hutton, F.W. (1878). Révision des coquilles de la Nouvelle-Zélande et des Iles Chatham. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 26(1): 5-57., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015842
page(s): 20 [details]
Other
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Conchology (Paratrophon quoyi)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paratrophon quoyi)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846)
To Malacopics (Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846) New Zealand, Auckland, Campbells Bay, on and under r...
To NHMUK collection (Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2662687) (from synonym Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Conchology (Paratrophon quoyi)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paratrophon quoyi)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846)
To Malacopics (Paratrophon quoyi (Reeve, 1846) New Zealand, Auckland, Campbells Bay, on and under r...
To NHMUK collection (Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2662687) (from synonym Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846)
