Conuber

Conuber
Drawing of shells of Conuber sordidum.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Conuber
Finlay & Marwick, 1937
Type species
Natica conica Lamarck, 1822

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

Species

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

Species within the genus Conuber include:

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; Wägele, Heike; Cynthia Riginos; Hollmann, Michael (2012). "Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 12 (4): 349–375. doi:10.1007/s13127-012-0111-5. Wikidata Q56512676. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for Thomas Huelsken, Daniel Tapken , Tim Dahlmann, Cynthia Riginos  (help)
  3. ↑ "Conuber conicus (Lamarck, 1822)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

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