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Conuber incei

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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. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conuber incei (R. A. Philippi, 1853)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b 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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Conuber incei: Brief Summary

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

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

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