Biology:Conuber

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Conuber
Conuber sordidum Zoological Illustrations Volume II Plate 79.jpg
Drawing of shells of Conuber sordidum.
Scientific classification e
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]

Species

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

  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.  , Wikidata Q56512676
  3. "Conuber conicus (Lamarck, 1822)". https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/6a73df51-9cd8-4973-9013-363475ddb721#overview. Retrieved 13 November 2020. 

Further reading

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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5166040 entry