New species of Africonus (Gastropoda, Conidae) from Boa Vista in the Cape Verde Archipelago: Molecular and morphological characterization
Tenorio, M.J.; Afonso, C.M.L.; Cunha, R.L.; Rolán, E. (2014). New species of Africonus (Gastropoda, Conidae) from Boa Vista in the Cape Verde Archipelago: Molecular and morphological characterization. Xenophora taxonomy 2: 5-21
In: Xenophora taxonomy. Association Française de Conchyliologie - Xenophora: Paris. ISSN 2271-0906, more
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Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Africonus fiadeiroi M. Tenorio, Afonso, R. Cunha & Rolán, 2014 [WoRMS]; Africonus swinneni M. Tenorio, Afonso, R. Cunha & Rolán, 2014 [WoRMS]
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- Tenorio, M.J.
- Afonso, C.M.L.
- Cunha, R.L.
- Rolán, E.
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Three populations with distinctive shell patterns that do not correspond to any other known Africonus species reported to date were found in the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands. Phylogenetic analyses based on a partial fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) including all available Africonus species from the Cape Verde Islands placed the new specimens in three groups from the Derrubado bay in the northern part of the island, from the bay of Porto Ferreira, and from the Bay of Ervatao located on the northwest coast. Specimens from the Bay of Ervatao shared an identical haplotype with Africonus borgesi (Trovao, 1979) and hence were assigned to this taxon. Only the first group received statistical support in the phylogenetic analyses; it is here described as Africonus fiadeiroi sp. nov. The genetic distance of specimens from Porto Ferreira and its sister group is large enough to support the taxonomie status of individuals of this population as member of another new species, here described as Africonus swinneni sp. nov. |
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