Conus diminutus

Conus diminutus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus diminutusTrovão, H. & E.M. Rolan, 1986
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. diminutus
Binomial name
Conus diminutus Trovão & Rolán, 1986
Synonyms [2]
Africonus diminutus(Trovão & Rolán, 1986) Conus (Lautoconus) diminutusTrovão & Rolán, 1986 · accepted, alternate representation Conus morroensis(Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014)

Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus diminutusTrovão, H. & E.M. Rolan, 1986, showing variation in the species.

Conus diminutus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. ^[2]

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.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along the west coast of the island Boa Vista, Cape Verde and Senegal. ^{[1] [3]}

References

1. Tenorio, M.J. (2012). "Conus diminutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T192584A2121079. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192584A2121079.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Conus diminutus Trovão & Rolán, 1986 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 March 2010.
3. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.663 Tenorio, M. J., Abalde, S., Pardos-Blas, J. R., & Zardoya, R. (2020). Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation. European Journal Of Taxonomy, (663). 81: 1–23

• Trovão, H. and Rolán, E. 1986. Description of a new species for the genus Conus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Cape Verde Islands. Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 7:9–15, 2 figs.
• 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
• Tenorio, M. J., Abalde, S., Pardos-Blas, J. R., & Zardoya, R. (2020). Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation. European Journal Of Taxonomy, (663). 81: 1–23

External links

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
• "Africonus diminutus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.