Monteiroconus bellocqae ( van Rossum, 1996 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.663 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E7049C-F592-4D01-9D15-C7715119B584 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14370509 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE38686E-3065-FFBB-FDF0-F991FA920A1D |
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Monteiroconus bellocqae ( van Rossum, 1996 ) |
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Monteiroconus bellocqae ( van Rossum, 1996) View in CoL
Fig. 10B View Fig
Conus bellocqae van Rossum, 1996: 59 View in CoL , figs 1–6.
Conus bellocqae View in CoL – Monteiro et al. 2004: 28, pl. 45, figs 5–6.
Material examined
Holotype
GUINEA • 60.5 mm; off Conakry; 50–60 m depth; NBC.
Paratype GUINEA • 1 spec., 60 mm; same collection data as for holotype; F. Gubbioli coll., Marbella, Spain ( Fig. 10 B View Fig ) .
Geographical distribution
Off Guinea Conakry.
Conservation status in IUCN Red List
Data deficient.
Remarks
This is a rare species, first obtained from fishing nets of trawlers operating in waters off Guinea Conakry in the 1980s. Since the fishing activities ceased, no more specimens have been brought to surface. Hence, it has not been molecularly examined. Its radular morphology is also unknown. The shell of this species is very similar to that of M. ambiguus , but it is characterized by the presence of numerous irregular reddish axial lines. It might represent just a mere patterned form of M. ambiguus from a particular geographic area. We hereby consider it as a provisionally valid species, pending future studies that might eventually validate its status as such, or alternatively demonstrate its conspecificity with M. ambiguus .
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Monteiroconus bellocqae ( van Rossum, 1996 )
Tenorio, Manuel J., Abalde, Samuel, Pardos-Blas, José R. & Zardoya, Rafael 2020 |
Conus bellocqae
Monteiro A. & Tenorio M. J. & Poppe G. T. 2004: 28 |
Conus bellocqae
van Rossum H. M. 1996: 59 |