Conus santanaensis

Conus santanaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

Conus santanaensis
Shell of Conus santanaensis (paratype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. santanaensis
Binomial name
Conus santanaensis (Afonso & Tenorio, 2014)
Synonyms[1]
Africonus gonsalensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014 Africonus santanaensis Afonso & Tenorio, 2014 (original combination) Conus (Lautoconus) santanaensis (Afonso & Tenorio, 2014) · accepted, alternate representation

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

The size of the shell attains 17 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Maio Island, Cape Verde.[2]

References

1. Conus santanaensis (Afonso & Tenorio, 2014). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 December 2018.
2. "Africonus santanaensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

• C. M. Afonso & M. J. Tenorio, Recent findings from the Islands of Maio and Boa Vista in the Cape Verde Archipelago: Description of three new Africonus species (Gastropoda: Conidae); Xenophora Taxonomy N° 3 - Supplément au Xenophora n° 146 - April 2014
• 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