New insights into Conus jourdani da Motta, 1984 (Gastropoda, Conidae), an endemic species from Saint Helena Island
Tenorio, M.J.; Lorenz, F.; Dominguez, M. (2016). New insights into Conus jourdani da Motta, 1984 (Gastropoda, Conidae), an endemic species from Saint Helena Island. Xenophora taxonomy 11: 32-42
In: Xenophora taxonomy. Association Française de Conchyliologie - Xenophora: Paris. ISSN 2271-0906, more
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Conus jourdani da Motta, 1984 [WoRMS]
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- Tenorio, M.J.
- Lorenz, F.
- Dominguez, M.
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The taxon Conus jourdani da Motta, 1984 from Saint Helena Island is reviewed. Originally described based upon dead, beached shells and after being virtually absent from collections, it has become available to science in live-collected state for the first time. The radular morphology has been examined. The DNA sequences of a fragment of the cox1 gene have been obtained, and the phylogenetic relationships of this species with other cone snails from West Africa and the Mediterranean have been determined. The results indicate a relationship with the cones from Angola, confirming the placement of this species in genus Varioconus da Motta, 1991. |
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