''Paracuneus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Drilliidae
The Drilliidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
This family has no s ...
.
This genus is placed tentatively in the family Drilliidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Paracuneus'' include:
* ''
Paracuneus immaculatus
''Paracuneus immaculatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
;Subspecies:
* ''Paracuneus immaculatus peronianus'' (Tenison-Woods, 1876), occurring in Quarantine Bay, New South Wales, Australia. .: ...
''
(Tenison-Woods, 1876)
* ''
Paracuneus kemblensis''
Laseron, 1954
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Paracuneus cockae''
Kilburn, 1977: synonym of ''
Inkinga cockae''
(Kilburn, 1977)
* ''Paracuneus platystoma''
(Smith E. A., 1877): synonym of ''
Inkinga platystoma''
(E. A. Smith, 1877)
* ''Paracuneus spadix''
(Watson, 1886):
synonym of ''Paracuneus immaculatus''
(Tenison-Woods, 1876)
Distribution
The species in this marine genus are
endemic
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to Australia and occur off
New South Wales
)
, nickname =
, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
,
Tasmania
)
, nickname =
, image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdi ...
and
Victoria.
References
* Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1-56, pls 1-12.
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295
Gastropods of Australia
Gastropod genera
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