• Conuber Finlay, H.J. & Marwick, J. 1937. The Wangaloan and associated molluscan faunas of Kaitangata–Green Island, Subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 15: 1-140 [53].

  Type species:

   Natica conica Lamarck, 1822 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [57]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [220]

History of changes

• Natica conica Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Suite des Gastéropodes. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(2) 232 pp. [Date published Apr. 1822] [198].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MHNG Lamarck Collection no. 7, "Australia" limited to South Australia.
• Natica pyramis Reeve, L.A. 1855. Monograph of the genus Natica. pls 1-30 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 9. [pl. 21, fig. 93].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Swan River.
• Natica ustulata Sowerby, G.B. 1883. Thesaurus Conchyliorum or Monographs of Genera of Shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 5. [88, pl. 461, fig. 112].

Generic Combinations

• Conuber conica (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [57]
• Polinices (Conuber) conicus (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [220, pl. 36, figs 34a-b]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, intertidal flats, marine, sand flats.

Extra Ecological Information

Feeds on small bivalves.

General References

Beechey, D. 2000. Conuber conicum (Lamarck, 1822). The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Naticidae/Pages/Conuber_conicum.htm (date accessed 24/7/2012)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [216]

Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [197]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [57]

Macpherson, J.H. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–1963. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 27: 201–288 [218]

Murray, F.V. 1963. Notes on the spawn and early life history of two species of Conuber Finlay & Marwick, 1937 (Naticidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 1(6): 49-58

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [66]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [220, pl. 36, fig. 34a-b]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [134, pl. 20, fig. 10] (Conical Sand Snail)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [120, pl. 121] (Conical Moon Snail)

History of changes

• Natica incei Philippi, R.A. 1853. Descriptiones Naticarum quarundam novarum ex collectione Cumingiana, auctore R.A. Philippi. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851: 233-234 [233].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Raine Island, Torres Strait Islands.
• Natica fibula Reeve, L.A. 1855. Monograph of the genus Natica. pls 1-30 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 9. [pl. 28, sp. 130].

Generic Combinations

• Polinices (Glossaulax) incei (Philippi, 1853). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [220, pl. 36, figs 41a-b]
• Conuber incei (Philippi, 1853). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [57]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Gulf of Papua

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, mud-silt, sand flats.

General References

Beechey, D. 2000. Neverita incei (Philippi, 1853). The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Naticidae/Pages/Neverita_incei.htm (date accessed 24/7/2012)

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [57]

Morton, B. 2008. Biology of the swash-riding Moon Snail Polinices incei (Gastropoda: Naticidae) predating the Pipi, Donax deltoides (Bivalvia: Donacidae), on wave-exposed sandy beaches of North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1): 303-322

Murray, F.V. 1966. A brief account of the spawn of Conuber incei (Philippi, 1853) (Gastropoda: Naticidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 1(10): 49-52

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [220, pl. 36, fig. 41a-b]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [64, pl. 48, figs 4-4b]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [135, pl. 20, fig. 9] (Ince's Sand Snail)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [120, pl. 121] (Ince's Moon Snail)

History of changes

• Natica melastoma Swainson, W. 1821. Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their natural affinities. London : Baldwin, Cradock & Joy Vol. 2 pls 19-83. [issued 1821, dated 1820-1821]. [pl. 79].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown.

Generic Combinations

• Conuber melastoma (Swainson, 1821). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [57]
• Polinices (Conuber) melastomus (Swainson, 1821). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [220, pl. 36, fig. 35]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, mud flats, sand flats.

General References

Beechey, D. 2000. Conuber melastomum (Swainson, 1822). The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Naticidae/Pages/Conuber_melastomum.htm (date accessed 24/7/2012)

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [57]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [220, pl. 36, fig. 35]

History of changes

• Natica sordida Swainson, W. 1821. Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their natural affinities. London : Baldwin, Cradock & Joy Vol. 2 pls 19-83. [issued 1821, dated 1820-1821]. [pl. 79].
• Natica plumbea Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Suite des Gastéropodes. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(2) 232 pp. [Date published Apr. 1822] [198].
• Natica microstoma Quoy, J.R.C & Gaimard, J.P. 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 2 320 pp. [232, pl. 66, fig. 9].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, King George's Sound, WA.
• Natica leucophaea Reeve, L.A. 1855. Monograph of the genus Natica. pls 1-30 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 9. [pl. 12, sp. 51].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia.
• Natica strangei Reeve, L.A. 1855. Monograph of the genus Natica. pls 1-30 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 9. [pl. 18, fig. 81].

Generic Combinations

• Conuber sordida (Swainson, 1821). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [57]
• Polinices (Conuber) sordidus (Swainson, 1821). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [220, pl. 36, fig. 39]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Papua

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal flats, marine, muddy sand.

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [134]

Beechey, D. 2000. Conuber sordidus (Swainson, 1821). The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Naticidae/Pages/Conuber_sordidus.htm (date accessed 24/7/2012)

Huelsken, T. 2011. First evidence of drilling predation by Conuber sordidus (Swainson, 1821) (Gastropoda: Naticidae) on soldier crabs (Crustacea: Mictyridae). Molluscan Research 31(2): 125-132 [125-131]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [57]

Murray, F.V. 1963. Notes on the spawn and early life history of two species of Conuber Finlay & Marwick, 1937 (Naticidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 1(6): 49-58

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [220, pl. 36, fig. 39]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [64, pl. 45, figs 1-1b]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [134, pl. 20, fig. 20] (Leaden Sand Snail, Sordid Sand Snail)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [120, pl. 121] (Sordid Moon Snail)

History of changes