Conuber incei
Species of gastropod
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Conuber |
| Species: | C. incei |
| Binomial name | |
| Conuber incei (R. A. Philippi, 1853) | |
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Natica incei R. A. Philippi, 1853 | |
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.