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Conical sand Snail ( Conuber conicum) This sand snail was about 40 mm long with short spire and large lower whorl. They vary in colour but this one had beautiful shades of green and rust. Sand snails live in tidal areas and mud flats living on bivalves. They lay eggs in a jelly mass that can be seen as horse-shoe shaped masses on mud.<br />
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Conical sand Snail ( Conuber conicum)

This sand snail was about 40 mm long with short spire and large lower whorl. They vary in colour but this one had beautiful shades of green and rust. Sand snails live in tidal areas and mud flats living on bivalves. They lay eggs in a jelly mass that can be seen as horse-shoe shaped masses on mud.
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The Conical Sand Snail

A species of predatory marine sea snail in the Naticidae (moon snail) family.

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Similar species: Littorinimorpha

Species identified by Flown Kimmerling

By Leuba Ridgway

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Uploaded Jun 4, 2018. Captured May 25, 2018 14:06 in 36 Western Parade, Point Leo VIC 3916, Australia.

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10/2000s
ISO64
10.99mm

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