{{short description|Species of sea snail}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Conus bellulus | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Tenorio, M.J. |date=2012 |title=''Conus bellulus'' |volume=2012 |article-number=e.T192717A2148357 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192717A2148357.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | image = | image_caption = | authority = Rolán, 1990 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Africonus bellulus'' <small>(Rolán, 1990)</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) bellulus'' <small>Rolán, 1990</small> · accepted, alternate representation | display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Conus bellulus''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|224802|''Conus bellulus'' Rolán, 1990||27 March 2010}}</ref>

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 17&nbsp;mm and 22&nbsp;mm. {{Expand section|date=July 2015}}

==Distribution== This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean, where it is restricted to the islands of São Vicente and Santa Luzia, Cape Verde.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />

==References== {{Reflist}} * Rolán E. (1990) ''Descripcion de nuevas especies y subespecies del genero Conus (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) para el archipielago de Cabo Verde''. Iberus Supplement 2: 5–70, 9 pls. page(s): 44 * [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055 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== * [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The ''Conus'' Biodiversity website] * {{Gastropods.com|key=0|id=14050|title=''Africonus bellulus''|access-date=15 January 2019}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conus Bellulus}} bellulus Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde Category:Gastropods described in 1990

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