Varioconus tacomae ( Boyer & Pelorce, 2009 ) 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 : 72-74

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.663
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E7049C-F592-4D01-9D15-C7715119B584
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE38686E-301E-FFCF-FE31-F886FC540A20
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Varioconus tacomae ( Boyer & Pelorce, 2009 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Varioconus tacomae ( Boyer & Pelorce, 2009) View in CoL comb. nov.

Fig. 11J View Fig

Conus tacomae Boyer & Pelorce, 2009: 26 View in CoL , figs 9–12.

Material examined

Holotype

SENEGAL • 17 mm; East of Gorée Island , ‘ Tacoma’ wreck; 7–13 m depth; MNHN IM-2000-21046 ( Fig. 11J View Fig ).

Geographical distribution

Dakar area, Senegal.

Conservation status in IUCN Red List

Vulnerable.

Remarks

This species has not been molecularly examined. In the original description it was compared to Conus desidiosus (which does not live in Senegal), bruguieresi and echinophilus . The species is morphologically related to the latter two, and might represent a variation of one of these. We consider this species as provisionally valid only, pending future molecular examination.