Kalloconus pseudonivifer ( Monteiro, Tenorio & Poppe, 2004 )

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, European Journal of Taxonomy 663 (663), pp. 1-89 : 55

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.663

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E7049C-F592-4D01-9D15-C7715119B584

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14370497

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE38686E-306F-FFB1-FE5C-FB8BFDD40BB4

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scientific name

Kalloconus pseudonivifer ( Monteiro, Tenorio & Poppe, 2004 )
status

 

Kalloconus pseudonivifer ( Monteiro, Tenorio & Poppe, 2004) View in CoL

Fig. 9E View Fig

Conus pseudonivifer Monteiro et al., 2004: 66 View in CoL , pl. 60, figs 4–7, pl. 61, figs 5–7.

Material examined

Holotype

CABO VERDE • 47.4 mm; Boa Vista Island, Baía das Gatas ; MNCN 15.05/46627 ( Fig. 9E View Fig ).

Other material

CABO VERDE • 1 spec.; Boa Vista Island, Praia Canto ; 16º11ʹ10ʺ N, 22º42ʹ28ʺ W; 30 Jun. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491553 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/80403 GoogleMaps 1 spec.; same collection data as for preceding; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MT 240804 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/78591 GoogleMaps .

Geographical distribution

East and northeast coast of Boa Vista Island.

Conservation status in IUCN Red List

Least concern. Status revision required.

Remarks

This name was introduced in order to solve the existing confusion with the name Conus nivifer G.B. Sowerby I, 1833 (a synonym of Conus venulatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 ) which had been incorrectly applied to shells from Cabo Verde having a bluish white background with a distinctive pattern of spiral interrupting thick lines of deep purple or dark brown and a purple aperture ( Monteiro et al. 2004). The specimens of this species are morphologically very close to K. trochulus (Reeve, 1844) , and in fact the latter might be considered as a patternless version of K. pseudonivifer . Previous population genetic analyses showed that most specimens of individuals identified as K. pseudonivifer from Boa Vista and Maio islands clustered with K. trochulus , with the exception of one specimen from Praia Canto in northeast Boa Vista Island ( Cunha et al. 2008). We examined the mitogenome of many individuals of alleged K. pseudonivifer from Boa Vista and Maio islands ( Abalde et al. 2017a). As in Cunha et al. (2008), all individuals but the one from northeast Boa Vista Island clustered together with K. trochulus ( Abalde et al. 2017a) . Here, we sequenced the mitogenome of a second specimen from Praia Canto in northeast Boa Vista Island, which confirmed the segregation of these two individuals from the clade grouping K. trochulus with pseudonivifer -like individuals, at a genetic distance consistent with separate species status ( Fig. 2 View Fig ). Given the fact that the type locality of the taxon Conus pseudonivifer is “Baía das Gatas”, which is located to the northeast of Boa Vista Island, the name pseudonivifer is only applicable to specimens distributed along the east and northeast coasts of the island, whereas the specimens from other areas should be considered patterned forms of K. trochulus .

MNCN

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Kalloconus

Loc

Kalloconus pseudonivifer ( Monteiro, Tenorio & Poppe, 2004 )

Tenorio, Manuel J., Abalde, Samuel, Pardos-Blas, José R. & Zardoya, Rafael 2020
2020
Loc

Conus pseudonivifer

Monteiro A. & Tenorio M. J. & Poppe G. T. 2004: 66
2004
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