Africonus boavistensis (Rolán & Fernandes in Rolán, 1990) Fig. 3D Conus boavistensis Rolán & Fernandes in Rolán, 1990: 23, pl. 1, fig. 17. Africonus barrosensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017a: 27. syn. nov. Africonus varandinhensis Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017a: 33. syn. nov. Conus boavistensis – Monteiro et al. 2004: 29, pl. 121. Material examined Holotype CABO VERDE • 13.2 mm; Boa Vista Island, Morro de Areia; E. Rolán leg.; MNCN 15.05/1089 (Fig. 3 D). Other material CABO VERDE • 1 spec.; Boa Vista Island, Baía do Ervatão; 16º12′3″ N, 22º54′43″ W; 2 Jul. 2013; MNCN exped.; GenBank mitochondrion, partial genome: MF491563; MNCN 15.05/80413 • 1 spec., 11 mm, holotype of Africonus barrosensis; Boa Vista Island, João Barrosa; MMM • 1 spec, 10.6 mm, holotype of Africonus varandinhensis; Boa Vista Island, Varandinha; MMM. Geographical distribution Multiple localities around Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde Archipelago. Conservation status in IUCN Red List Least concern. Remarks This small species is widely distributed around the island of Boa Vista. It is very variable, and it has given rise to the introduction of several names (applied to representative specimens from certain local populations from the southwest and south coasts of the island), which are hereby considered junior synonyms. In the molecular tree, it appears as sister to A. diminutus, with a short genetic distance. Both species belong to a clade in which all the individuals have medium-sized and very broad radular teeth. The specimens in the type series of A. barrosensis and A. varandinhensis exhibit shell coloration, pattern and shape consistent with the morphological variability of A. boavistensi s.

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 pages 11-12, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.663, http://zenodo.org/record/3890442