Africonus santanaensis Afonso & Tenorio, 2014

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 : 44-45

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-3072-FFAA-FE0F-F88AFD170A96

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Valdenar

scientific name

Africonus santanaensis Afonso & Tenorio, 2014
status

 

Africonus santanaensis Afonso & Tenorio, 2014 View in CoL

Fig. 6H View Fig

Africonus santanaensis Afonso & Tenorio, 2014: 49 View in CoL , pl. 1, figs 1–6.

Africonus gonsalensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014b: 25 View in CoL .

Material examined

Holotype

CABO VERDE • 17.1 mm; Maio Island, Praia Santana ; C.M.L.Afonso leg.; MNCN 15.05 View Materials /60118 ( Fig. 6 H View Fig ).

Geographical distribution

Northwest and northeast coasts of Maio Island, Cabo Verde Archipelago.

Conservation status in IUCN Red List

Not evaluated.

Remarks

This species has not been molecularly examined. Its radular tooth morphology suggests a relationship to the species A. calhetae or A. galeao , but its distinctly elongated shell shape readily separates it from the latter two. Initially described from the area of Praia Santana, to the northwest of Maio, a population recently introduced as A. gonsalensis from Praia Gonçalo, to the northeast of the island, has an almost identical shell morphology and is therefore considered conspecific. The description of A. santanaensis was published in April 2014, and the taxon A. gonsalensis appeared in July 2014. Hence, A. gonsalensis becomes a junior synonym for A. santanaensis .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Africonus

Loc

Africonus santanaensis Afonso & Tenorio, 2014

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

Africonus santanaensis

Tenorio M. J. & Afonso C. M. L. & Cunha R. L. & Rolan E. 2014: 49
2014
Loc

Africonus gonsalensis

Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. 2014: 25
2014
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