Varioconus unifasciatus (Kiener, 1850) Tenorio & Abalde & Pardos-Blas & Cmim, 2020

Tenorio, Manuel J., Abalde, Samuel, Pardos-Blas, José R. & Zardoya, Rafael, 2020, Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation, European Journal of Taxonomy 663 (663), pp. 1-89 : 74-75

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.663
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E7049C-F592-4D01-9D15-C7715119B584
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treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Varioconus unifasciatus (Kiener, 1850)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Varioconus unifasciatus (Kiener, 1850) View in CoL comb. nov.

Fig. 11L View Fig

Conus unifasciatus Kiener, 1850: 61 View in CoL , pl. 110, fig. 4.

Conus unifasciatus View in CoL – Monteiro et al. 2004: 77, pl. 35.

Material examined

Holotype

Holotype at MNHN, IM-2000-3454 . Type locality not known .

Other material

SENEGAL • 1 spec., 39.8 mm; Ndayane , Petite Côte; 14º33ʹ59ʺ N, 17º8ʹ3ʺ W; 2 Jul. 2015; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: KY801860 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/78451 ( Fig. 11L View Fig ) GoogleMaps .

Geographical distribution

South of Dakar, Petite Côte area, Senegal.

Conservation status in IUCN Red List

Endangered.

Remarks

This species is sister to V. guanche , and is characterized by its uniform dark brown shell, with the occasional presence of lighter-colored spiral bands just as in the holotype. It has been synonymized with V. franciscanus in Petuch & Berschauer (2016) . However, according to the phylogeny, the latter is a distinct, valid species sister to V. guinaicus . In any case, the guinaicus clade is very compact, and all its members are closely related to each other.