Species Conuber conicum (Lamarck, 1822)
Conical Moon Snail, Conical Sand Snail
- 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
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
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CAENOGASTROPODA | 23-Jan-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | NATICIDAE | 25-Jul-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | 23-Jul-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 17-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |