Africonus bellulus (Rolán, 1990) Fig. 3C Conus bellulus Rolán, 1990: 44, pl. 1, fig. 14. Conus bellulus – Monteiro et al. 2004: 28, pl. 85. Material examined Holotype CABO VERDE • 18.9 mm; Santa Luzia Island, Curral; E. Rolán leg.; MNCN 15.05/1098 (Fig. 3 C). Paratype CABO VERDE • 1 spec.; Santa Luzia Island, Curral; E. Rolán leg.; MJT. Geographical distribution Santa Luzia (Curral) and São Vicente (Saragaça), Cabo Verde Archipelago. Conservation status in IUCN Red List Data deficient. Remarks No specimens of this species have been molecularly examined. Very few specimens have surfaced in the last 30 years, and most of them have been collected as empty shells. Clearly, more studies are needed in order to confirm the status of this taxon. Given the fact that most of the species described from the islands of São Vicente and Santa Luzia have shown relative large genetic divergences, we provisionally consider this as a valid species.

Published as part of Tenorio, Manuel J., Abalde, Samuel, Pardos-Blas, José R. & Zardoya, Rafael, 2020, Taxonomic revision of West African cone snails (Gastropoda: Conidae) based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation, pp. 1-89 in European Journal of Taxonomy 663 (663) on page 11, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.663, http://zenodo.org/record/3890442