Africonus miruchae ( Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980 )

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 : 38-39

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.14370461

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE38686E-307C-FFA0-FE26-F8A4FBBE0DED

treatment provided by

Valdenar

scientific name

Africonus miruchae ( Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980 )
status

 

Africonus miruchae ( Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980) View in CoL

Fig. 4P View Fig

Conus miruchae Röckel et al., 1980a: 89 View in CoL , figs 62–65.

Conus miruchae View in CoL – Monteiro et al. 2004: 60, pl. 126, figs 1–5.

Conus longilineus View in CoL (not C. grahami longilineus Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980 View in CoL ) – Monteiro et al. 2004: pl. 125.

Material examined

Holotype

CABO VERDE • 11.9 mm; Sal Island, Baiona ; NMSF.

Other material

CABO VERDE • 1 spec.; Sal Island, Terrinha Fina , Palhona ; 16º49ʹ12ʺ N, 22º59ʹ12ʺ W; 7 Apr. 2014; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: KY864971 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/79784 GoogleMaps 1 spec.; 12.9 mm; same collection data as for preceding; MNCN 15.05/79789 ( Fig. 4P View Fig ) GoogleMaps 1 spec.; Sal Island, Rabo de Junco ; 16º41ʹ44ʺ N, 22º58ʹ35ʺ W; 5 Apr. 2014; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491574 View Materials ; MNCN 15.05/79756 GoogleMaps .

Geographical distribution

North of Sal Island, Cabo Verde Archipelago. Also present in Rabo de Junco, on the west coast of Sal Island.

Conservation status in IUCN Red List

Least concern.

Remarks

According to the phylogeny, A. miruchae is sister to all the other endemic species from Sal Island. This small-sized species is adapted to the rough sea conditions present in the barren northern coasts of Sal Island. It is often found crawling on the rocky walls of large pools formed during low tide. A population of this species that is present at Rabo de Junco, at the north end of Murdeira Bay, is often confused with A. longilineus due to similarities in shell morphology ( Monteiro et al. 2004).

MNCN

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Africonus

Loc

Africonus miruchae ( Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980 )

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

Conus miruchae

Monteiro A. & Tenorio M. J. & Poppe G. T. 2004: 60
2004
Loc

Conus miruchae Röckel et al., 1980a: 89

Rockel D. & Rolan E. & Monteiro A. 1980: 89
1980
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