Paracuneus immaculatus

Paracuneus immaculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Paracuneus
Species: P. immaculatus
Binomial name
Paracuneus immaculatus
(Tenison-Woods, 1876) [1]
Synonyms[2] [3]
  • Drillia gabrieli Pritchard, G.B. & J.H. Gatliff, 1899
  • Drillia immaculatus (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
  • Inquisitor immaculatus (Tenison-Woods, 1876),
  • Mangelia immaculata Tenison-Woods, 1876 (basionym)
  • Paracuneus spadix Watson, R.B., 1886
  • Paracuneus spadix tumulus Laseron, C.F., 1954

Paracuneus immaculatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2]

There is a subspecies: Paracuneus immaculatus peronianus (Tenison-Woods, 1876), occurring in Quarantine Bay, New South Wales, Australia. .[4]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 19 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone off New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia.

References

  1. ↑ Tenison-Woods, J.E. (1876) On some new species of Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1875, 134–162.
  2. 1 2 Paracuneus immaculatus (Tenison-Woods, 1876).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2011.
  3. ↑ Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  4. ↑ Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

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