Conuber

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Conuber
Conuber sordidum Zoological Illustrations Volume II Plate 79.jpg
Drawing of shells of Conuber sordidum .
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Conuber
Finlay & Marwick, 1937 [1]
Type species
Natica conicaLamarck, 1822

Conuber is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [2]

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Species

Females of Conuber conicum lay C-shaped eggs in a stiff jelly. They are often mistaken for jellyfish. I Really Don't Want the Jellyfish to Spell COGDOG (6465197239).jpg
Females of Conuber conicum lay C-shaped eggs in a stiff jelly. They are often mistaken for jellyfish.

Species within the genus Conuber include:

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<i>Achatina</i> Genus of gastropods

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Naticidae</span> Family of gastropods

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<i>Polinices</i> Genus of gastropods

Polinices is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, commonly known as moon snails.

<i>Janthina</i> Genus of gastropods

Janthina is a genus of small to medium-sized pelagic or planktonic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae.

<i>Chicoreus</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Hexaplex</i> Genus of gastropods

Hexaplex is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily muracinae of the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails.

<i>Imbricaria</i> Genus of gastropods

Imbricaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.

<i>Tanea undulata</i> Species of gastropod

Tanea undulata, common name the necklace shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a predatory marine gastropod mollusc in the Family Naticidae, the moon snails or necklace shells.

Hemifusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.

<i>Nitidella</i> Genus of gastropods

Nitidella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

<i>Strigatella</i> Genus of gastropods

Strigatella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Strigatellinae of the family Mitridae.

<i>Polinices aurantius</i> Species of gastropod

Polinices aurantius is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

<i>Natica collaria</i> Species of gastropod

Natica collaria, common name the collared moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

<i>Paratectonatica tigrina</i> Species of gastropod

Paratectonatica tigrina, common name tiger moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

<i>Sinum concavum</i> Species of gastropod

Sinum concavum, common name the concave ear moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

<i>Mammilla</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Mammilla is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

<i>Sinum</i> Genus of gastropods

Sinum is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sininae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

<i>Conuber sordidum</i> Species of gastropod

Conuber sordidum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk family Naticidae, the moon snails.

<i>Conuber conicum</i> Species of gastropod

Conuber conicum, the conical moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. It was first described in 1822 as Natica conica by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.

References

  1. 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
  2. Thomas Huelsken; Daniel Tapken; Tim Dahlmann; Heike Wägele; Cynthia Riginos; Michael Hollmann (19 October 2012). "Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology". Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 12 (4): 349–375. doi:10.1007/S13127-012-0111-5. ISSN   1439-6092. Wikidata   Q56512676.
  3. "Conuber conicus (Lamarck, 1822)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

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