Conus damottai

Conus damottai
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus damottai damottai Trovão, 1979
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. damottai
Binomial name
Conus damottai Trovão, 1979 [2]
Synonyms [3]
Africonus damottai(Trovão, 1979) Africonus damottai damottai(Trovão, 1979)· accepted, alternate representation Africonus derrubado(Rolán & F. Fernandes, 1990) Africonus diegoiCossignani, 2014 Africonus pinedensisCossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017 (original combination) Africonus purvisiCossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017 (original combination) Africonus roquensisCossignani & Fiadeiro, 2015 Africonus umbelinaeCossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014 Conus (Lautoconus) damottaiTrovão, 1979· accepted, alternate representation Conus (Lautoconus) derrubadoRolán & F. Fernandes, 1990 Conus (Lautoconus) diegoi(Cossignani, 2014) Conus damottai damottaiTrovão, 1979 Conus derrubadoRolán & Fernandes, 1990 Conus diegoi(Cossignani, 2014)

Conus damottai, the glabrous cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. ^[3]

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

There are two subspecies:

• Conus damottai damottaiTrovão, 1979: synonym of Conus damottaiTrovão, 1979
• Conus damottai galeaoRolán, 1990: synonym of Conus galeao Rolán, 1990 (original rank)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 16 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Cape Verde archipelago, Eastern Atlantic Ocean. The subspecies Conus damottai galeao is only found off the island of Maio (Baía do Galeão, Baía do Navio Quebrado); the subspecies Conus damottai damottai only off the island of Boa Vista. ^[1]

References

Conus damottai galeao, founded in the waters of Baía do Galeão and small portions around it

Conus damottai galeao Rolán, E.M., 1996

1. Tenorio, M.J. (2012). "Conus damottai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T192631A2131101. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192631A2131101.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Trovão, H. F. M., 1979. Contribuição para o estudo dos Moluscos Gasterópodos da famaia Conidae da África occidental. Amphitrite, 1 (1 ): 3 -12
3. Conus damottai Trovão, 1979 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 July 2011.

• Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
• Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
• Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. (2015). Due nuovi coni da Capo Verde. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 87: 3-5 page(s): 5
• Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. (2017). Otto nuovi coni da Capo Verde. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 94: 26–36.page(s): 27
• Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• "Africonus damottai damottai". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea