Africonus espingueirensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017

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 : 23

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.5663074

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE38686E-304F-FF90-FE38-FE55FCFB0DA1

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Valdenar

scientific name

Africonus espingueirensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017
status

 

Africonus espingueirensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017 View in CoL

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Africonus espingueirensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017a: 30 View in CoL .

Material examined

Holotype

CABO VERDE • 9.7 mm; Boa Vista Island, Espingueira ; MMM ( Fig. 3P View Fig ).

Geographical distribution

Only known from the type locality.

Conservation status in IUCN Red List

Not evaluated.

Remarks

This species has not been examined molecularly. It is morphologically similar to A. antoniaensis , but smaller sized. Radular examination (E. Rolán, pers. com. to MJT) indicated a fully-developed, mature tooth for such a small-sized shell, consistent with that of an adult individual. This observation rules out the possibility of this taxon being a juvenile of another species. We hereby consider it as provisionally valid, pending confirmation by molecular studies.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Africonus

Loc

Africonus espingueirensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017

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

Africonus espingueirensis

Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. 2017: 30
2017
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