Biology:Conuber incei

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Conuber incei
Conuber incei photograph by Geoffrey Cox.jpg
Conuber incei Thomas Mesaglio.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Conuber
Species:
C. incei
Binomial name
Conuber incei
(R. A. Philippi, 1853)
Synonyms[1]

Natica incei R. A. Philippi, 1853
Natica baconi Reeve, 1855
Natica deiodosa Reeve, 1855
Natica fibula Reeve, 1855
Polinices incei (R. A. Philippi, 1853)

Conuber incei (common name - Ince's Moon Snail, Ince's Sand Snail)[2][3] is a species of predatory sea snail,in the family Naticidae,[2] the moon snails. It was first described in 1853 as Natica incei by Rodolfo Philippi,[1][4] from a specimen collected at Raines Island in the Torres Strait, by Captain Ince, R.N. (thus giving the species epithet, Incei).[4]

It is a marine snail found on mud-silt and sand flats.[2] In Australia , it is found in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland.


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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13495745 entry