#conuber

[snailspotter]

Today's snail: Conuber incei | Ince's Moon Snail

[rattyexplores]

Moon Snail found foraging in the sand.

09/09/23 - Caenogastropoda: Conuber sp.

QLD:BRB - Clairview, beach

[chlorophyll-and-chitin]

Conuber sp.

11-JUN-2025

Melbourne, Vic

[snailspotter]

Today's snail: Conuber sordidum | Sordid Moon Snail

(source)

[rattyexplores]

Caenogastropoda: Epitonium tenellum

Caenogastropoda: Bembicium auratum

Caenogastropoda: Conuber sp.

Shells collected off of a small beach.

09/09/23

QLD:BRB - Clairview, beach

[rattyexplores]

Photos 1-2 - Naticidae sp.

Photos 3-4 - Conuber conicum

Photos 5-6 - Naticidae sp.

Photos 7-8 - Notocochlis gualteriana

Photos 9-10 - Conuber sp.

Photos 11-12 - Notocochlis gualteriana

Various species of Moon snail. These snails can be found cruising along the sand at low tide.

13/08/23 - Naticidae spp.

QLD:WET - Flying Fish Point, low tide sandy bay

[rattyexplores]

Photo 1 - Nassarius sp. / Photo 2 - Feeding event, Prey: Conuber sp.

Photos 3-4 - Nassarius dorsatus

Gifs 1-2 - Nassarius sp.

Nassa Mudsnails found scavenging, including a group seemingly feeding upon a moon snail.

09/09/23

QLD:BRB - Clairview, beach

[drhoz]

#2957 - Conuber conicum - Conical Moon Snail

First described in 1822 as Natica conica by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, of early evolutionary theory fame.

Common on most Australian intertidal sandflats, where they prey on small molluscs. Their egg masses are much larger than the parent snail, and resemble a transparent semicircular sausage flecked with thousands of tiny eggs.

Woodman Point, Perth, WA