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Common Name

"Antonio Monteiro Cone"

Status

Regarded as a valid species.

Type Locality

Parda, Isla de Sal, Cape Verde Is.; 0.5 - l m

Distribution

Sal Island, Cape Verde Islands

Maximum Reported Size

22 mm

Description

Shell is small, elongated, with a clearly angulated shoulder. Spire is high, with a concave profile, and clearly marked spiral striae. Shell is brownish green, with irregular white dots on the shoulder and along a narrow spiral band, below the central portion of the last whorl. Occasionally, a light band can appear immediately below the shoulder. Aperture bluish, with a dark brown inner lip.

Radula: tooth of medium width, the apical portion is shorter than half the length of the radular tooth. Serration with 15 to 22 denticles, in a single row on the apical portion on two rows below.

References

• Rolán, E., 1990. Descripcion de Nuevas Especies y Subespecies del Genero Conus (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) para el Archipelago de Cabo Verde. Iberus: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Malocologia, Suppl. 2: 5 -70.