Conuber incei

About this species

Conuber incei is a species of predatory sea snail, in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. It was first described in 1853 as Natica incei by Rodolfo Philippi, from a specimen collected at Raines Island in the Torres Strait, by Captain Ince, R.N..

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 68 records
February: 57 records
March: 62 records
April: 66 records
May: 69 records
June: 66 records
July: 38 records
August: 46 records
September: 33 records
October: 55 records
November: 56 records
December: 63 records

Depth and water temperature

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–28 °C

12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 22 records
16–18 °C: 17 records
18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 13 records
22–24 °C: 62 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 2 records

Photos

(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bronte-Maye, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Martin Rady, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Andrew Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Natica baconi, Natica deiodosa, Natica fibula, Natica incei, Polinices incei

Similar species

Conical Moon Snail
Conuber conicum
Leaden Sand Snail
Conuber sordidum
Conuber melastoma
Eunaticina umbilicata
Black-mouth moonsnail
Mammilla melanostoma
Mammilla simiae

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
219 open-data records from 1876 to 2011.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.