Conuber

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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

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

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:

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