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Paracuneus immaculatus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Scientific name
  
Paracuneus immaculata

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Rank
  
Species

Paracuneus immaculatus

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

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Subspecies
  • Paracuneus immaculatus peronianus (Tenison-Woods, 1876), occurring in Quarantine Bay, New South Wales, Australia. .: synonym of Paracuneus immaculatus (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
  • Paracuneus spadix tumulus (Watson, 1886) found at a depth of 125 m. off Twofold Bay, NSW, Australia. It has become a synonym of Paracuneus immaculatus (Tenison-Woods, 1876)

    • Description

    The shell grows to a length of 19 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

    (Original description) The white and shining shell is fusiformly turretted. The spire is acute. The shell contains 9 sloping whorls. These are canaliculate at the sutures, angulate and obsoletely tuberculate above, and transversely obsoletely lirate. The aperture is oval. The outer lipis thin. The sinus is conspicuous. The lip is simple and tuberculate above.

    Distribution

    This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the demersal zone off New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, Australia.

    References

    Paracuneus immaculatus Wikipedia
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