Conuber incei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Conuber
Species:
C. incei
Binomial name
Conuber incei
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.


References

  1. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conuber incei (R. A. Philippi, 1853)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Species Conuber incei (Philippi, 1853)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "OBIS: Polinices (Glossaulax) incei (Philippi, 1853)". OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. 17 May 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  4. 1 2 R.A. Philippi (1853), Descriptiones naticarum quarandam novarum ex collection Cumingiana (in Latin), vol. pt. 19-20 (1851), pp. 233–234 [233], Wikidata Q117188877



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