• Paracuneus Laseron, 1954 [Revision of the New South Wales Turridae: 14].

  Type species:

   Mangelia immaculata Tenison-Woods, 1876 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

General References

Bouchet, P., Kantor, Y.I., Sysoev, A. & Puillandre, N. 2011. A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies 77(3): 273–308 [289]

Taylor, J.D., Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. 1993. Foregut anatomy, feeding mechanisms, relationships and classification of the Conoidea (=Toxoglossa) (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 59: 125–170 [164]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [185]

History of changes

• Mangelia immaculata Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 131–159 [Date published 21 Mar 1876] [142].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, King Island, Tasmania, Australia.
• Pleurotoma spadix Watson, R.B. 1886. Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition Parts 18-20. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 17(10): 284–293, 319-346 [310, pl. 26, fig. 6].
• Drillia gabrieli Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1899. On some new species of Victorian mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 12(1): 100-106, pl. 8 [100, pl. 8, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, off Phillip Island, Western Port, Victoria, Australia, 5 fathoms.
• Paracuneus immaculatus peronianus Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12. [14, pl. 3, figs 50, 51].
• Paracuneus spadix tumulus Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12. [14, pl. 3, figs 54, 55].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Beechey, D. 2004. Paracuneus immaculatus (Tenison-Woods, 1876). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Turridae/Pages/Paracuneus_immaculatus.htm (date accessed 22/11/2011)

Generic Combinations

• Drillia immaculata (Tenison-Woods, 1876). —
  Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471 [369]
• Paracuneus immaculatus (Tenison-Woods, 1876). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [185, pl. 40, fig. 9]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

10-120 m

General References

Beechey, D. 2004. Paracuneus immaculatus (Tenison-Woods, 1876). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Turridae/Pages/Paracuneus_immaculatus.htm (date accessed 22/11/2011)

Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 [241, pl. 44, fig. 31]

May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. [Date published 31 July 1923] [fig. 21]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [185, pl. 40, fig. 9]

History of changes

• Paracuneus kemblensis Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12. [14, pl. 3, 56, 57].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.16463 dry, mud and pebbles, 5-8 ml off Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia [34°30'21.6'S,151°0'54'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, mud, pebbles.

General References

Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12. [14, pl. 3, figs 56, 57]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [185]

History of changes