Conus maioensis

Conus maioensis
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus maioensis" Trovão, H., E.M.Rolán & Feliz-Alves, 1990
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. maioensis
Binomial name
	Conus maioensis; Tenorio, Afonso, & Rolán, 2008
Synonyms[2]
	Africonus kersteni (Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán, 2008) ; Conus (Lautoconus) kersteni Tenorio, Afonso, & Rolán, 2008 - accepted, alternate representation ; Conus crioulus Tenorio & Afonso, 2004 ; Conus marcocastellazzii (Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014) ; Conus zinhoi (Cossignani, 2014) ;

Conus maioensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]

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 15 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, along the northern coast of the island of Maio, Cape Verde. Its conservation status is least concern.[1]

References

Tenorio, M.J. (2012). "Conus maioensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192702A2145041. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192702A2145041.en.
Conus maioensis Trovão, Rolán & Félix-Alves, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2018.

Trovão, H., Rolán, E. and Félix-Alves, I. A. V. 1990. A new species of Conus from the Cabo Verde Archipelago, West Africa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae). Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 15: 69–78, 11 figs.
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
Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
"Africonus maioensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[iucn-1] Tenorio, M.J. (2012). "Conus maioensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192702A2145041. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192702A2145041.en.

[WoRMS-2] Conus maioensis Trovão, Rolán & Félix-Alves, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2018.