Africonus damottai ( Trovão, 1979 )

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 : 19

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE38686E-304B-FF95-FDBE-FDDBFD630855

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Valdenar

scientific name

Africonus damottai ( Trovão, 1979 )
status

 

Africonus damottai ( Trovão, 1979) View in CoL

Fig. 3K View Fig

Conus damottai Trovão, 1979: 6 View in CoL , pl. 1, fig. 4.

Conus derrubado Rolán & Fernandes in Rolán, 1990: 19 View in CoL , pl. 2, fig. 4.

Africonus diegoi Cossignani, 2014: 26 View in CoL . syn. nov.

Africonus umbelinae Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014b: 22 View in CoL .

Africonus roquensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2015b: 5 View in CoL . syn. nov.

Africonus pinedensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017a: 34 View in CoL . syn. nov.

Africonus purvisi Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017a: 32 View in CoL . syn. nov.

Conus damottai View in CoL – Monteiro et al. 2004: 37, pls 88–89.

Material examined

Holotype CABO VERDE • 20.6 mm; Boa Vista Island, Baía das Gatas ; 2 m depth; NHMUK 1986197 View Materials .

Other material

CABO VERDE • 1 spec., 18.2 mm; Boa Vista Island, Baía das Gatas ; 16º11ʹ50ʺ N, 22º42ʹ32ʺ W; 30 Jun. 2013; MNCN exped.;GenBank mitochondrion,partial genome: MF491551 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/80401 ( Fig.3K View Fig ) GoogleMaps 1 spec.; Boa Vista Island, Baía Grande , Derrubado ; 16º13ʹ31ʺ N, 22º47ʹ17ʺ W; 29 Jun. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491543 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/80393 GoogleMaps 1 spec.; Boa Vista Island, Espingueira ; 16º12ʹ55ʺ N, 22º47ʹ49ʺ W; 19 Apr. 2015; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491589 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/79904 GoogleMaps 1 spec., 13.2 mm, holotype of Africonus diegoi ; Boa Vista Island, João Barbosa ; MMM 1 spec., 21.7 mm, holotype of Africonus roquensis ; Boa Vista Island, Ponta do Roque ; MMM 1 spec., 16.2 mm, holotype of Africonus pinedensis ; Boa Vista Island, Pinedo ; MMM 1 spec., 16.2 mm, holotype of Africonus purvisi ; Boa Vista Island, Praia do Canto ; MMM .

Geographical distribution

Multiple localities around Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde Archipelago.

Conservation status in IUCN Red List

Least concern.

Remarks

This species is widely distributed around Boa Vista Island, with a high variability in shell pattern. This polymorphism has led to the introduction of several taxa names associated with certain populations, which are all considered synonyms hereby. Thus, the holotypes of A. diegoi and A. roquensis exhibit all the shell features characteristic of A. damottai (just a more elongated shell shape in the case of A. diegoi , which does not justify separation at the species level). The holotype of A. purvisi most likely represents a juvenile specimen of A. damottai , whereas the holotype of A. pinedensis resembles certain variations of A. damottai with a well-developed color pattern (i.e., Monteiro et al. 2004: pl. 89). The taxon A. galeao from Maio Island was initially introduced as a subspecies of A. damottai . Despite the morphological similarities in shell pattern and radular tooth, the phylogenetic analyses indicate that A. galeao can be regarded as a separate, valid full species.

MNCN

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Africonus

Loc

Africonus damottai ( Trovão, 1979 )

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

Africonus pinedensis

Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. 2017: 34
2017
Loc

Africonus purvisi

Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. 2017: 32
2017
Loc

Africonus roquensis

Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. 2015: 5
2015
Loc

Africonus umbelinae

Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. 2014: 22
2014
Loc

Conus damottai

Monteiro A. & Tenorio M. J. & Poppe G. T. 2004: 37
2004
Loc

Conus derrubado Rolán & Fernandes in Rolán, 1990: 19

Rolan E. 1990: 19
1990
Loc

Conus damottai Trovão, 1979: 6

Trovao H. F. M. 1979: 6
1979
Loc

Africonus diegoi

Africonus diegoi Cossignani, 2014: 26
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