Conus lugubris

Conus lugubris
Drawing of a shell of Conus lugubris
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. lugubris
Binomial name
Conus lugubris Reeve, 1849 [2]
Synonyms [3]
Africonus lugubris(Reeve, 1849) Conus hieroglyphicusKiener Conus lugubris fuscusBarros e Cunha, 1933 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus mediterraneus var. fuscaBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882) Conus (Lautoconus) lugubrisReeve, 1849 - accepted, alternate representation

Conus lugubris 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.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 24 mm. The shell is finely striated, rudely ridged at the base with the ridges few and distant. The spire is conspicuously grooved. Its color is chocolate-black, obscurely reticulated here and there with numerous aggregated small white spots. ^[4]

Distribution

This species occurs only on the north coast of the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. ^[1]

References

1. Tenorio, M.J. (2012). "Conus lugubris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T192286A2065921. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192286A2065921.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Reeve, L. A., 1849. Monograph of the genus Conus. Conchologia Iconica, i. Conus. Suppl
3. Conus lugubris Reeve, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 March 2010.
4. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
• 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 lugubris". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.