Conuber
| Conuber | |
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| Drawing of shells of Conuber sordidum. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Conuber Finlay & Marwick, 1937[1] |
| Type species | |
| Natica conica Lamarck, 1822 | |
Conuber is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[2]
Species[]
Females of the lay 'C' shaped eggs in a stiff jelly. They are often mistaken for jellyfish.[3]
Species within the genus Conuber include:
- (Lamarck, 1822) - Conical Moon Snail.
- (Philippi, 1835)
- (Swainson, 1821)
- Conuber sordidum (Swainson, 1821)
References[]
- ^ Finlay, H. J. & Marwick, J. (1937). "The Wangaloan and Associated Molluscan Faunas of Kaitagata-Green Island Subdivision". New Zealand Geological Survey Branch, Palaeontological Bulletin No. 15, Wellington, p. 53
- ^ Huelsken, T., Tapken, D., Dahlmann, T., Wägele, H., Riginos, C., Hollmann, M. (2012). "Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology". 12(4): 349–375. doi:10.1007/s13127-012-0111-5.
- ^ "Conuber conicus (Lamarck, 1822)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- Finlay, H. J.; Marwick, J. (1937). The Wangaloan and associated molluscan faunas of Kaitangata-Green Island subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Palæontological Bulletin. 15, 1–140, 18 pls.
- Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
External links[]
Categories:
- Naticidae
- Naticidae stubs