Moon Snails leave trails behind them as they move across sand at low tide. Like all snails in this family, they are predators, eating bivalves and other sea snails by drilling a hole into the shell, using their rough radular and acid, through which they extract the soft body. These holes have a distinctive countersunk shape, being narrower at the bottom than the top. While drilling, the Moon Snail holds its prey in its large, muscular foot to prevent it escaping. Females lay 'C' shape egg masses in a stiff jelly, which are often mistaken for jellyfish

At a glance

Habitat Intertidal sand flats
Size Can grow up to around 53mm
Origin Native
Distribution Mainland Australia and Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Mainland Australia and Tasmania
Habitat
Intertidal sand flats
Size
Can grow up to around 53mm
Common Name Conical Moon Snail
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Native
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Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassCaenogastropoda
SuperorderSorbeoconcha
OrderHypsogastropoda
SuborderLittorinimorpha
SuperfamilyNaticoidea
FamilyNaticidae
SubfamilyNaticinae
GenusConuber
SpeciesConuber conicum
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