Conus maioensis

Species of sea snail

Conus maioensis

Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus maioensis

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

^ ^a ^b 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. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b 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