Conus lugubris
{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Conus lugubris
| image = Conus lugubris 001.jpg
| image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Conus lugubris
| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| authority = Reeve, 1849Reeve, L. A., 1849. Monograph of the genus Conus. Conchologia Iconica, i. Conus. Suppl
| synonyms_ref = {{WRMS species|224925|Conus lugubris Reeve, 1849||27 March 2010}}
| synonyms =
- Africonus lugubris (Reeve, 1849)
- Conus hieroglyphicus Kiener
- Conus lugubris fuscus Barros e Cunha, 1933 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus mediterraneus var. fusca Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882)
- Conus (Lautoconus) lugubris Reeve, 1849 - accepted, alternate representation
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Conus lugubris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
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.[https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences]
Distribution
This species occurs only on the north coast of the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde.
References
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- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
- [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 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
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- [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The Conus Biodiversity website]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=1|id=27261|title=Africonus lugubris|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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