Conus lugubris Reeve, 1849
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Africonus lugubris (Reeve, 1849); Conus lugubris fuscus Barros e Cunha, 1933
Conservation Status
Extinct (Tenorio, 2025)
Last record: 1987 (Tenorio, 2025)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution & Habitat
Cabo Verde Islands, Macaronesia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Reeve, L. A. (1848-1849). Monograph of the genus Conus. Supplementary plates 1-9 and unpaginated text. In: Conchologia Iconica [supplement to vol. 1]. L. Reeve & Co., London.
Other references:
Barros e Cunha, J. G. de. (1933). Catálogo descritivo das conchas exóticas da colecção António Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro. I. Conidae. Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra 71: 1-224.
Filmer, R. M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388 pp.
Mascarenhas, G. 2022. Espécies Marinhas da Enseada d’Coral, Laginha, S.Vicente-Cabo Verde.
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Conus lugubris Reeve, 1849. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224925 on 2026-07-09
Monteiro, A., Tenorio, M.J. and Poppe, G.T. 2004. The Family Conidae, The West African and Mediterranean species of Conus. In: Poppe, G.T and Groh, K. (eds), A Conchological Iconography, pp. 270. ConchBooks, Hackenheim.
Pires, S., Vasconcelos, P., Freitas, R., and Neves, J. L. 2020. Cone snails on the North-Western Cabo Verde Islands: contribution to their ecology. Zoologia Caboverdiana 8(3): 49-57.
Rolán, E. (1987). Conus lugubris Reeve, 1849 valid species from the archipelago of Cape Verde. La Conchiglia 19: 12-13.
Rolán, E. (1992). La familia conidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) en el archipiélago de Cabo Verde (Africa Occidental). PhD thesis, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.
Tenorio, M. J. (2025). Conus lugubris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T192286A246857823. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T192286A246857823.en. Accessed on 05 August 2026.
Tenorio, M. J., Abalde, S., Pardos-Blas, J. R. and Zondoya, R. (2020). Taxonomic revision of West African Cone Snails (Gastropoda: Conus), based upon mitogenomic studies: implications for conservation. European Journal of Taxonomy 663: 1-89. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.663.