Conus damottai

Conus damottai, the glabrous cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[3]

Conus damottai
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus damottai damottai Trovão, 1979
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. damottai
Binomial name
Conus damottai Trovão, 1979[2]
Synonyms[3]
Africonus damottai (Trovão, 1979) Africonus damottai damottai (Trovão, 1979)· accepted, alternate representation Africonus derrubado (Rolán & F. Fernandes, 1990) Africonus diegoi Cossignani, 2014 Africonus pinedensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017 (original combination) Africonus purvisi Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017 (original combination) Africonus roquensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2015 Africonus umbelinae Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014 Conus (Lautoconus) damottai Trovão, 1979· accepted, alternate representation Conus (Lautoconus) derrubado Rolán & F. Fernandes, 1990 Conus (Lautoconus) diegoi (Cossignani, 2014) Conus damottai damottai Trovão, 1979 Conus derrubado Rolán & Fernandes, 1990 Conus diegoi (Cossignani, 2014)

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.

There are two subspecies:

• Conus damottai damottai Trovão, 1979: synonym of Conus damottai Trovão, 1979
• Conus damottai galeao Rolán, 1990: synonym of Conus galeao Rolán, 1990 (original rank)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 16 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Cape Verde archipelago, Eastern Atlantic Ocean. The subspecies Conus damottai galeao is only found off the island of Maio (Baía do Galeão, Baía do Navio Quebrado); the subspecies Conus damottai damottai only off the island of Boa Vista.^[1]