Africonus maioensis ( Trovão, Rolán & Félix-Alves, 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 : 37-38

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

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scientific name

Africonus maioensis ( Trovão, Rolán & Félix-Alves, 1990 )
status

 

Africonus maioensis ( Trovão, Rolán & Félix-Alves, 1990) View in CoL

Fig. 4O View Fig

Conus maioensis Trovão, Rolán & Félix-Alves, 1990: 71 View in CoL , fig. 11.

Conus crioulus Tenorio & Afonso, 2004: 30 View in CoL , pl. 5.

Africonus zinhoi Cossignani, 2014: 19 View in CoL .

Africonus marcocastellazzii Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014a: 14 View in CoL .

Africonus cossignanii Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014a: 18 View in CoL . syn. nov.

Africonus decolrobertoi Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017a: 28 View in CoL . syn. nov.

Conus maioensis View in CoL – Monteiro et al. 2004: 57, pl. 115.

Conus irregularis View in CoL (not irregularis G.B. Sowerby II, 1858 View in CoL ) – Monteiro et al. 2004: pl. 103, figs 1, 4, 6–7.

Material examined

The holotype was in Museu Bocage in Lisbon and currently assumed to be lost due to a fire which destroyed the building of the hosting institution. A neotype was subsequently designated ( Monteiro et al. 2014).

Neotype

CABO VERDE • 24.5 mm; Maio Island, Porto Cais, Baía do Navío Quebrado ; 15º20ʹ N, 23º12ʹ W; MNCN 15.05/69910 . GoogleMaps

Other material

CABO VERDE • 1 spec., 29.5 mm; Maio Island, Porto Cais ; 15º19ʹ15ʺ N, 23º11ʹ10ʺ W; 31 Mar. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491523 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/78689 ( Fig. 4O View Fig ) GoogleMaps 1 spec.; Maio Island, Lage Branca ; 31 Mar. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491527 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/79727 1 spec.; Maio Island, Porto Cais ( North ); 15º19ʹ45ʺ N, 23º10ʹ57ʺ W; 1 Apr. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491530 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/78765 GoogleMaps 1 spec.; Maio Island, Praia Santana ; 15º18ʹ13ʺ N, 23º11ʹ49ʺ W; 30 Mar. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491521 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/78670 GoogleMaps 1 spec.; Boa Vista Island, Baía Grande, Derrubado ; 16º13ʹ31ʺ N, 22º47ʹ17ʺ W; 1 Apr. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491544 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/80394 GoogleMaps 1 spec.; Boa Vista Island, Curral Velho ; 15º58ʹ4ʺ N, 22º47’42ʺ W; 22 Apr. 2015; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491595 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/79979 GoogleMaps 1 spec., 28.5 mm, holotype of Africonus cossignanii ; Maio Island, Praia Real ; MMM 1 spec., 13.1 mm, holotype of Africonus decolrobertoi ; Maio Island, Praia Real ; MMM .

Geographical distribution

Maio and Boa Vista islands, Cabo Verde Archipelago.

Conservation status in IUCN Red List

Least concern.

Remarks

This is one of the most representative species of Maio Island, as reflected by its name. Off Maio Island it is distributed along the north coast, from Baía do Navio Quebrado to Baía do Galeao. Each of the populations has its own characteristic shell pattern on a green to black background color. This variability has led to the introduction of several new taxa names. However, an examination of the mitogenome sequences indicates that all these names correspond to plain color forms of one single polymorphic species, namely A. maioensis . Some individuals of the polyphyletic taxon A. irregularis also fell within the A. maioensis clade. One of them was from the population from Porto Cais, on Maio Island, and the other from Baia Grande de Derrubado, Boa Vista Island. Once that we have designated the lectotype for the taxon Conus irregularis G.B. Sowerby II, 1858 and its type locality as “Estancinha, north of Sal Rei, Boa Vista Island”, and established that this is a synonym (form) of A. crotchii (see above), it becomes clear that the irregularis -like specimen from Boa Vista in the maioensis clade is not conspecific with A. irregularis (= A. crotchii ), but with A. maioensis . This indicates that the distribution range of A. maioensis is not restricted to Maio Island, as it expands to Boa Vista Island. Furthermore, the recently described species A. zinhoi from south Boa Vista Island also fell within the A. maioensis clade, and it is therefore another synonym (form) of A. maioensis . The holotype of A. cossignanii is virtually identical to A. crioulus , a form of A. maioensis . The alleged differences in shell length and spire profile were not tested, and the minimal differences in shell pattern do not justify a separation at the species level. The recently described A. decolrobertoi is likely a juvenile of the population of A. maioensis from Praia Real, north Maio (which had previously been introduced as a separate species named A. marcocastellazzii ). This population is characterized by a predominance of greenish shades on the shell pattern. Other than that, it is merely another morph of A. maioensis .

MNCN

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Africonus

Loc

Africonus maioensis ( Trovão, Rolán & Félix-Alves, 1990 )

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

Africonus decolrobertoi

Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. 2017: 28
2017
Loc

Africonus marcocastellazzii

Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. 2014: 14
2014
Loc

Africonus cossignanii

Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. 2014: 18
2014
Loc

Conus crioulus

Tenorio M. J. & Afonso C. M. L. 2004: 30
2004
Loc

Conus maioensis

Monteiro A. & Tenorio M. J. & Poppe G. T. 2004: 57
2004
Loc

Conus maioensis Trovão, Rolán & Félix-Alves, 1990: 71

Trovao H. F. M. & Rolan E. & Felix-Alves A. V. 1990: 71
1990
Loc

Africonus zinhoi

Africonus zinhoi Cossignani, 2014: 19 .
Loc

Conus irregularis

Monteiro et al. 2004 : pl. 103, figs 1, 4, 6–7
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