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Conuber incei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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)
Synonyms
Natica incei R. A. Philippi, 1853 Natica baconi Reeve, 1855 Natica deiodosa Reeve, 1855 Natica fibula Reeve, 1855 Polinices incei (R. A. Philippi, 1853)

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.

References

1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conuber incei (R. A. Philippi, 1853)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
2. ^ "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. ^ R.A. Philippi (1853), Descriptiones naticarum quarandam novarum ex collection Cumingiana (in Latin), vol. pt. 19-20 (1851), pp. 233–234 , Wikidata Q117188877

External links

• Conuber incei images & occurrence data from GBIF
• Conuber incei images at iNaturalist

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