Africonus raulsilvai ( Rolán, Monteiro & Fernandes, 1998 )

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 : 40-41

Africonus raulsilvai ( Rolán, Monteiro & Fernandes, 1998)

Fig. 6C

Conus raulsilvai Rolán et al., 1998: 36 .

Conus raulsilvai – Monteiro et al. 2004: 69, pl. 118.

Material examined

Holotype

CABO VERDE • 19.7 mm; Maio Island, Baía do Navío Quebrado ; MNCN 15.05/27230 ( Fig. 6C ).

Other material

CABO VERDE • 1 spec., 30.0 mm; Maio Island, Praia de Soca ; 15º15ʹ8ʺ N, 23º13ʹ4ʺ W; 30 Mar. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491520 ; MNCN 15.05/78661 .

Geographical distribution

West and north coasts of Maio Island, Cabo Verde Archipelago.

Conservation status in IUCN Red List

Least concern.

Remarks

This species is sister to A. gonsaloi , allopatrically distributed on the northeast coast of Maio. Both A. raulsilvai and A. gonsaloi are members of a clade, which is sister to A. verdensis , the only endemic species from the neighboring Santiago Island.

Figures

Fig. 6 (opposite page). A. Conus navarroi navarroi Rolán, 1986, holotype, 16 mm (MNCN 15.05/1008). B. Africonus angeluquei Tenorio, Abalde & Zardoya, 2018 (= perrineae Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2018), holotype, 30.0 mm (MNCN 15.05/78710). C. Conus raulsilvai Rolán, Monteiro & Fernandes, 1998, holotype, 19.7 mm (MNCN 15.05/27230). D. Conus regonae Rolán & Trovão, 1990, holotype, 32.7 mm (MNCN 15.05/1092). E. Conus roeckeli Rolán, 1980, holotype, 13.2 mm (MNCN 15.05/1049). F. Africonus salletae Cossignani, 2014, holotype, 15.5 mm (MMM). G. Africonus santaluziensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2015, paratype, 28.1 mm (Paul Kersten coll.). H. Africonus santanaensisAfonso & Tenorio, 2014, holotype, 17.1 mm (MNCN 15.05/60118). I. Conus saragasae Rolán, 1986, holotype, 21.8 mm (MNCN 15.05/1009). J. Africonus verdensis (Trovão, 1979), 22.5 mm (MNCN 15.05/78864). K. Conus vulcanus Tenorio & Afonso, 2004, holotype, 25.2 mm (MNCN 15.05/46652). L. Chelyconus ermineus (Born, 1778), 54.3 mm (MNCN 15.05/80014). M. Genuanoconus genuanus (Linnaeus, 1758), 50.2 mm (MNCN 15.05/78547). N. Kalloconus ateralbus(Kiener, 1850),40.1 mm(MNCN 15.05/79649). O. Kalloconus byssinus (Röding, 1798), 56.4 mm (MNCN 15.05/90429). Scale bars = 10 mm.