Varioconus guinaicus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 ) 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 : 69-70

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-301D-FFC3-FE5C-FAEBFA8A0C75

treatment provided by

Valdenar

scientific name

Varioconus guinaicus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 )
status

comb. nov.

Varioconus guinaicus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) View in CoL comb. nov.

Fig. 10 View Fig L–P

Conus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792: 697 View in CoL .

Conus adansonii Lamarck, 1810: 424 View in CoL .

Conus taslei Kiener, 1850: 360 View in CoL , pl. 110, fig. 3.

Conus luridus A. Adams, 1854: 118 View in CoL .

Conus pineaui Pin & Leung Tack in Pin, 1989b: 66 View in CoL , figs 17, 32, 38.

Lautoconus wolof Petuch & Berschauer, 2018: 169 View in CoL , figs 3D–F. syn. nov.

Conus guinaicus View in CoL – Monteiro et al. 2004: 51, pls 40–42.

Conus taslei View in CoL – Monteiro et al. 2004: 73, pl. 44.

Conus pineaui View in CoL – Monteiro et al. 2004: 65, pl. 43.

Material examined

Lectotype

“ GUINEA ” • 43 mm; MHNG-MOLL-52638 ( Fig. 10L View Fig ).

Other material

SENEGAL • 1 spec., 50.2 mm; Ndayane, Petite Côte ; 14º33ʹ59ʺ N, 17º8ʹ3ʺ W; 2 Jul. 2015; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: KY801861 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/78443 ( Fig. 10M View Fig ) GoogleMaps 1 spec.; Fann , Terrou-Bi , Dakar; 14º40ʹ28ʺ N, 17º28ʹ9ʺ W; 4 Jul. 2015; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: KY801848 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/78511 GoogleMaps 1 spec.; Joal-Fadiouth ; 14º8ʹ20ʺ N, 16º48ʹ57ʺ W; 2 Jul. 2015; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: KY801855 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/78476 GoogleMaps 1 spec.; Ndayane, Petite Côte; 2016; L. Tamagnini leg.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MT240805 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/78541 1 spec., 28.7 mm, holotype of C. pineaui ; Cap de Naze, Popenguine , south of Dakar; 20–30 m depth; MNHN IM-2000-2528 ( Fig. 10O View Fig ) .

GAMBIA • 1 spec., 21.1 mm, holotype of Lautoconus wolof ; off Tanji Beach ; MNHN IM-2000- 2528 ( Fig. 10N View Fig ) 1 spec.; same locality as for holotype; 19 Feb. 2019; L. Tamagnini leg.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MT240811 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/90434 .

Geographical distribution

Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea. Also reported from Ghana.

Conservation status in IUCN Red List

Vulnerable. Status revision required.

Remarks

This is the most representative taxon of a very compact clade, which includes a number of very closely related species, and certain populations with minimal differences in mitogenome sequences that are now considered synonyms (forms), such as taslei or pineaui ( Fig. 10O View Fig ). All these taxa share the same radular tooth morphology: narrow and elongated radular tooth with the anterior section longer than the posterior section, rounded blade covering less than half of the anterior section, and more than 40 denticles in the serration ( Abalde et al. 2017b). The population from Gorée Island, characterized by its dark brown shell, does not correspond to the taxon guinaicus but to its sister species V. franciscanus . The distribution range of V. guinaicus is quite large, from Dakar area south to Guinea including Gambia, and also reported from Ghana. The taxon V. wolof ( Fig. 10N View Fig ), recently described from Gambia, has been sequenced. The sequence of its mitogenome is essentially identical to that of V. guinaicus ( Fig. 2 View Fig ). Therefore, this name represents a mere local form of V. guinaicus and is hereby considered a synonym.

MNCN

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Varioconus

Loc

Varioconus guinaicus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 )

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

Lautoconus wolof

Petuch E. J. & Berschauer D. P. 2018: 169
2018
Loc

Conus guinaicus

Monteiro A. & Tenorio M. J. & Poppe G. T. 2004: 51
2004
Loc

Conus taslei

Monteiro A. & Tenorio M. J. & Poppe G. T. 2004: 73
2004
Loc

Conus pineaui

Monteiro A. & Tenorio M. J. & Poppe G. T. 2004: 65
2004
Loc

Conus pineaui Pin & Leung Tack in Pin, 1989b: 66

Pin M. & Leung Tack K. D. & in Pin M. 1989: 66
1989
Loc

Conus luridus A. Adams, 1854: 118

Adams A. 1854: 118
1854
Loc

Conus adansonii

Lamarck J. B. P. 1810: 424
1810
Loc

Conus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792: 697

Bruguiere J. G. 1792: 697
1792
Loc

Conus taslei

Conus taslei Kiener, 1850: 360
GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF