Africonus boavistensis (Rolán & Fernandes in Rolán, 1990 )

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 : 11-12

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.663

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E7049C-F592-4D01-9D15-C7715119B584

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5663062

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE38686E-3053-FF8D-FE40-F8B3FBD90C12

treatment provided by

Valdenar

scientific name

Africonus boavistensis (Rolán & Fernandes in Rolán, 1990 )
status

 

Africonus boavistensis (Rolán & Fernandes in Rolán, 1990) View in CoL

Fig. 3D View Fig

Conus boavistensis Rolán & Fernandes in Rolán, 1990: 23 View in CoL , pl. 1, fig. 17.

Africonus barrosensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017a: 27 View in CoL . syn. nov.

Africonus varandinhensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017a: 33 View in CoL . syn. nov.

Conus boavistensis View in CoL – Monteiro et al. 2004: 29, pl. 121.

Material examined

Holotype

CABO VERDE • 13.2 mm; Boa Vista Island, Morro de Areia ; E. Rolán leg.; MNCN 15.05/1089 ( Fig. 3 D View Fig ).

Other material

CABO VERDE • 1 spec.; Boa Vista Island, Baía do Ervatão ; 16º12′3″ N, 22º54′43″ W; 2 Jul. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491563 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/80413 GoogleMaps 1 spec., 11 mm, holotype of Africonus barrosensis ; Boa Vista Island, João Barrosa ; MMM 1 spec, 10.6 mm, holotype of Africonus varandinhensis ; Boa Vista Island, Varandinha ; MMM .

Geographical distribution

Multiple localities around Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde Archipelago.

Conservation status in IUCN Red List

Least concern.

Remarks

This small species is widely distributed around the island of Boa Vista. It is very variable, and it has given rise to the introduction of several names (applied to representative specimens from certain local populations from the southwest and south coasts of the island), which are hereby considered junior synonyms. In the molecular tree, it appears as sister to A. diminutus , with a short genetic distance. Both species belong to a clade in which all the individuals have medium-sized and very broad radular teeth. The specimens in the type series of A. barrosensis and A. varandinhensis exhibit shell coloration, pattern and shape consistent with the morphological variability of A. boavistensi s.

MNCN

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Africonus

Loc

Africonus boavistensis (Rolán & Fernandes in Rolán, 1990 )

Tenorio, Manuel J., Abalde, Samuel, Pardos-Blas, José R. & Zardoya, Rafael 2020
2020
Loc

Africonus barrosensis

Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. 2017: 27
2017
Loc

Africonus varandinhensis

Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. 2017: 33
2017
Loc

Conus boavistensis

Monteiro A. & Tenorio M. J. & Poppe G. T. 2004: 29
2004
Loc

Conus boavistensis Rolán & Fernandes in Rolán, 1990: 23

Rolan E. 1990: 23
1990
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