Paracuneus

Paracuneus
Paracuneus immaculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Paracuneus Laseron, 1954
Type species
Mangelia immaculata Tenison-Woods, 1876
Species
See text

Paracuneus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae. ^[1]

This genus is placed tentatively in the family Drilliidae. ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Paracuneus include:

• Paracuneus immaculatus (Tenison-Woods, 1876) ^[3]
• Paracuneus kemblensis Laseron, 1954 ^[4]

Species brought into synonymy

• Paracuneus cockaeKilburn, 1977: synonym of Inkinga cockae (Kilburn, 1977)
• Paracuneus platystoma(Smith E. A., 1877): ^[5] synonym of Inkinga platystoma (E. A. Smith, 1877)
• Paracuneus spadix(Watson, 1886): ^[6] synonym of Paracuneus immaculatus(Tenison-Woods, 1876)

Distribution

The species in this marine genus are endemic to Australia and occur off New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.

References

1. Paracuneus . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 1 November 2011.
2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies . 77 (3): 273–308. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyr017 .
3. Paracuneus immaculata (Tenison-Woods, 1876) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.
4. Paracuneus kemblensis Laseron, 1954 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.
5. Paracuneus platystoma (Smith E. A., 1877) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.
6. Paracuneus spadix (Watson, 1886) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.

• 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