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

Conuber
Drawing of shells of Conuber sordidum.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 conica Lamarck, 1822

Species

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Females of Conuber conicum lay C-shaped eggs in a stiff jelly. They are often mistaken for jellyfish.[3]

Species within the genus Conuber include:

References

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  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.

Further reading

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  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
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