Global InformationConuber incei information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Conuber |
| Species: | C. incei
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| Conuber incei (R. A. Philippi, 1853)
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Natica incei R. A. Philippi, 1853 | |
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]
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.
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conuber incei (R. A. Philippi, 1853)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "Species Conuber incei (Philippi, 1853)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "OBIS: Polinices (Glossaulax) incei (Philippi, 1853)". OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. 17 May 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ a b R.A. Philippi (1853), Descriptiones naticarum quarandam novarum ex collection Cumingiana (in Latin), vol. pt. 19-20 (1851), pp. 233–234 [233], Wikidata Q117188877