Notes on Afonsoconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2013 (Gastropoda, Conidae), with description of a new species from the Southwestern Indian Ocean
| Autor: | Manuel J. Tenorio, Eric Monnier, Nicolas Puillandre |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | European Journal of Taxonomy, Vol 0, Iss 472 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2118-9773 86661000 |
| DOI: | 10.5852/ejt.2018.472 |
| Popis: | Although cone snails are among the most studied group of gastropods, new species are still regularly described. Here, we focus on Afonsoconus Tucker & Tenorio, 2013, a lineage that includes only two species from the Indo-Pacific Ocean. The analysis of molecular (partial mitochondrial cox1 gene sequences) and morphological (shell and radular tooth) characters revealed that the samples collected by dredging in deep water during a recent expedition carried out in the Mozambique Channel are different from the samples collected in the Pacific Ocean. We thus introduce here a new species, Afonsoconus crosnieri sp. nov., from the SW Indian Ocean including records from the Mozambique Channel, the Comoros and Glorieuses Islands, Madagascar, South Africa and Reunion Island. |
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