Conus fontonae

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

View Printer Friendly

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	MOLLUSCA	GASTROPODA	NEOGASTROPODA	CONIDAE

Scientific Name:	Conus fontonae
Species Authority:	Rolán & Trovão in Rolán, 1990
Synonym/s:	Afroconus fontonae

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1
Year Published:	2012
Assessor/s:	Tenorio, M.J.
Reviewer/s:	Monnier, E. & Seddon, M.
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species has been assessed as Vulnerable D2 as it is found restricted to a narrow length of coast for a distance of approx 15 km and the main risk to this species comes from the movements of fishing boats and oil tanker traffic in and out of the harbour with potential of small oil-spills causing pollution events that impact both the species and the quality of habitats. Although its small size (typically 20 mm) makes it less attractive as a casual marine curio, it is of interest to specialist Conus shell collectors.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands where it has been found only off the north-western coast of the island of Sal. The range is from Regona in the north to Petinha in the south and encompassing Fontona Bay after which this species has been named (Monteiro et al. 2004). This is a coastline length of approx 15 km and the species is typically found on rocky coastlines (M.J. Tenorio pers. comm. 2011).
Countries:	Native: Cape Verde
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Atlantic – eastern central
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population:	This species is usually common in the range during the breeding season (M.J. Tenorio pers. comm. 2011). No changes have been seen in the populations during monitoring over last 10 years, so it is considered stable (M.J. Tenorio pers. comm. 2011).
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species has been found within rock crevices at depths of 3 to 5 m (Poppe and Poppe 2011). Adults of the species typically grow to 20 mm in length.
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The risk to this species comes from the movements of fishing boats and oil tanker traffic in and out of the harbour with the potential of small oil-spills causing pollution events that impact both the species and the quality of habitats.

Major Threat(s):

The risk to this species comes from the movements of fishing boats and oil tanker traffic in and out of the harbour with the potential of small oil-spills causing pollution events that impact both the species and the quality of habitats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is restricted in its range and would benefit from further research into abundance and threats before any action plan can be formulated. There are no known conservation measures currently in place for this species.

Conservation Actions:

This species is restricted in its range and would benefit from further research into abundance and threats before any action plan can be formulated. There are no known conservation measures currently in place for this species.

Citation:	Tenorio, M.J. 2012. Conus fontonae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
Disclaimer:	To make use of this information, please check the <Terms of Use>.
Feedback:	If you see any errors or have any questions or suggestions on what is shown on this page, please fill in the feedback form so that we can correct or extend the information provided