Conuber sordidum
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conuber sordidum (originally described as Natica sordida by Swainson) is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1][2]
| Conuber sordidum | |
|---|---|
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| Shell of Conuber sordidum (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Conuber |
| Species: | C. sordidum |
| Binomial name | |
| Conuber sordidum (Swainson, 1821) | |
| Synonyms | |
East coast of Australia, from Victoria to Queensland. The species also occurs off Tasmania and New Zealand.[3]
Conuber sordidum is predatory, feeding mostly on bivalves and gastropods.[4] The species is also known to prey on the soldier crab Mictyris longicarpus by drilling predation.[5][6] To catch soldier crabs, C. sordidum uses the same stereotyped behaviour as previously described for moon snails hunting shelled molluscan prey.[6]
On intertidal muddy sand flats near mangroves or sea weed.[3]
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