Conus lugubris

Conus lugubris
	Drawing of a shell of Conus lugubris
Conservation status
	; Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	†C. lugubris
Binomial name
	†Conus lugubris; Reeve, 1849
Synonyms
	Africonus lugubris (Reeve, 1849); Conus hieroglyphicus Kiener; Conus lugubris fuscus Barros e Cunha, 1933 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus mediterraneus var. fusca Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882); Conus (Lautoconus) lugubris Reeve, 1849 - accepted, alternate representation;

Conus lugubris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[3]

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 24 mm. The shell is finely striated, rudely ridged at the base with the ridges few and distant. The spire is conspicuously grooved. Its color is chocolate-black, obscurely reticulated here and there with numerous aggregated small white spots.^[4]

Distribution

This species occurred only on the north coast of the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde.^[5] It was locally abundant in the Matiota Beach area and the last living specimen was seen in 1987, with tourism and coastal development leading to its extinction. ^[5]

References

↑ Tenorio, M.J. (2025). "Conus lugubris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T192286A246857823. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T192286A246857823.en. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
↑ Reeve, L. A., 1849. Monograph of the genus Conus. Conchologia Iconica, i. Conus. Suppl
1 2 Conus lugubris Reeve, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
1 2 Tenorio, M.J. (2012). "Conus lugubris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 e.T192286A2065921. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192286A2065921.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23

External links

The Conus Biodiversity website
"Africonus lugubris". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[iucn_status_10_October_2025-1] Tenorio, M.J. (2025). "Conus lugubris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T192286A246857823. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T192286A246857823.en. Retrieved 10 October 2025.

[2] Reeve, L. A., 1849. Monograph of the genus Conus. Conchologia Iconica, i. Conus. Suppl

[WoRMS-3] 1 2 Conus lugubris Reeve, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

[4] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

[iucn_status_20_November_2021-5] 1 2 Tenorio, M.J. (2012). "Conus lugubris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 e.T192286A2065921. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192286A2065921.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

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Conus lugubris

Drawing of a shell of Conus lugubris
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	†C. lugubris
Binomial name
†Conus lugubris Reeve, 1849^[2]
Synonyms^[3]
Africonus lugubris (Reeve, 1849) Conus hieroglyphicus Kiener Conus lugubris fuscus Barros e Cunha, 1933 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus mediterraneus var. fusca Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882) Conus (Lautoconus) lugubris Reeve, 1849 - accepted, alternate representation