Leaden Sand Snail

Conuber sordidum

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–55 m
Water temperature13–30 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and September
How commonOccasional

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Photo credit: (c) libby hepburn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Conuber sordidum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Conuber sordidum”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 49 records
February: 38 records
March: 39 records
April: 53 records
May: 52 records
June: 40 records
July: 36 records
August: 36 records
September: 63 records
October: 45 records
November: 36 records
December: 38 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–55 m · Deepest record: 55 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 13–30 °C

12–14 °C: 2 records
14–16 °C: 114 records
16–18 °C: 22 records
18–20 °C: 26 records
20–22 °C: 79 records
22–24 °C: 120 records
24–26 °C: 59 records
26–28 °C: 13 records
28–30 °C: 3 records

Photos

(c) Gary Williams, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Gary Williams, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) libby hepburn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Leaden Sand Snail, Sordid Moon Snail, Sordid Sand Snail

Names in 1 more languages

Simplified Chinese: 泥泞沙玉螺

Other scientific names: Natica leucophaea, Natica microstoma, Natica plumbea, Natica sordida, Natica strangei, Polinices sordidus

Similar species

Conical Moon Snail
Conuber conicum
Conuber incei
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).
600 open-data records from 1903 to 2014.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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