Conuber incei | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
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 |
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.