Paracuneus Laseron 1954

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 cockae Kilburn, 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

• 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.