Africonus damottai
Creators: name: Tenorio, Manuel J.
name: Abalde, Samuel
name: Pardos-Blas, José R.
name: Zardoya, Rafael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conidae
Africonus
Africonus damottai

description: Africonus damottai (Trovão, 1979)
Fig. 3K
Conus damottai Trovão, 1979: 6, pl. 1, fig. 4.
Conus derrubado Rolán & Fernandes in Rolán, 1990: 19, pl. 2, fig. 4.
Africonus diegoi Cossignani, 2014: 26. syn. nov.
Africonus umbelinae Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014b: 22.
Africonus roquensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2015b: 5. syn. nov.
Africonus pinedensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017a: 34. syn. nov.
Africonus purvisi Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017a: 32. syn. nov.
Conus damottai – 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.
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; MNCN 15.05/80401 (Fig.3K) • 1 spec.; Boa Vista Island, Baía Grande, Derrubado; 16º13ʹ31ʺ N, 22º47ʹ17ʺ W; 29 Jun. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491543; MNCN 15.05/80393 • 1 spec.; Boa Vista Island, Espingueira; 16º12ʹ55ʺ N, 22º47ʹ49ʺ W; 19 Apr. 2015; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491589; MNCN 15.05/79904 • 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.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 1-89 in European Journal of Taxonomy 663 (663) on page 19, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.663, http://zenodo.org/record/3890442