Conus regonae

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	MOLLUSCA	GASTROPODA	NEOGASTROPODA	CONIDAE

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

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 is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands where it is found off the north coast of the island of Sal, on a 33 km length of coast. It usually is found in extremely exposed rocky habitats. This species is highly restricted in its range and the major threats lie in possible pollution events resulting from boat movements in and out of the harbour in the western part of the range. As such the species is considered to be Vulnerable D2.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to the island of Sal in the Cape Verde Islands. It is restricted to the north of the island, where it is found from north of Pedro Lume to north of the Ponta de Rabo de Junco (M. J. Tenorio pers. comm. 2011), a coastline of approx 33 km.
Countries:	Native: Cape Verde
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Atlantic – eastern central
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is usually common in the range during the breeding season. No changes in the populations have been seen during monitoring over the 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 is found at depths between 2 and 5 m (Poppe and Poppe 2011). Adults of the species typically grow to 20 mm (range 15-25 mm) in length. The species is adapted to heavy surf environments and so shells are frequently damaged (M. J. Tenorio pers. comm. 2011).
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There is a large harbour in the west part of the range with fuel depots that are supplied by tankers entering the harbour, as well as fishing boats bringing their catches into the port. There is therefore a possible threat from pollution incidents that are most likely to threaten the populations in the western part of the range (Baie de Palmeria).

Major Threat(s):

There is a large harbour in the west part of the range with fuel depots that are supplied by tankers entering the harbour, as well as fishing boats bringing their catches into the port. There is therefore a possible threat from pollution incidents that are most likely to threaten the populations in the western part of the range (Baie de Palmeria).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is highly 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 highly 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 regonae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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