{{short description|Species of sea snail}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Conus crotchii | image =Africonus crotchii 01.jpg | image2 = | image_caption =Five views of shell of ''Conus crotchii'' <small>Reeve, L.A., 1849</small> | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Tenorio, M.J. |date=2012 |title=''Conus crotchii'' |volume=2012 |article-number=e.T192544A2112534 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192544A2112534.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | authority = Reeve, 1849 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Africonus antonioi'' <small>Cossignani, 2014</small> * ''Africonus cabraloi'' <small>Cossignani, 2014</small> * ''Africonus calhetinensis'' <small>Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014</small> * ''Africonus condei'' <small>Afonso & Tenorio, 2014</small> * ''Africonus crotchii'' <small>(Reeve, 1849)</small> * ''Africonus docensis'' <small>Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014</small> * ''Africonus evorai'' <small>(Monteiro, C. Fernandes & Rolán, 1995)</small> * ''Africonus fiadeiroi'' <small>Tenorio, Afonso, Cunha & Rolán, 2014</small> * ''Africonus irregularis'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1858)</small> * ''Africonus josegeraldoi'' <small>Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2018</small> * ''Africonus salreiensis'' <small>(Rolán, 1980)</small> * ''Africonus teodorae'' <small>(Rolán & F. Fernandes, 1990)</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) antonioi'' <small>(Cossignani, 2014)</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) cabraloi'' <small>(Cossignani, 2014)</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) condei'' <small>(Afonso & Tenorio, 2014)</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) crotchii'' <small>Reeve, 1849</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) docensis'' <small>(Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014)</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) evorai'' <small>Monteiro, C. Fernandes & Rolán, 1995</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) fiadeiroi'' <small>(Tenorio, Afonso, Cunha & Rolán, 2014)</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) irregularis'' <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1858</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) salreiensis'' <small>Rolán, 1980</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) teodorae'' <small>Rolán & F. Fernandes, 1990</small> * ''Conus cabraloi'' <small>(Cossignani, 2014)</small> * ''Conus calhetinensis'' <small>(Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014)</small> * ''Conus condei'' <small>(Afonso & Tenorio, 2014)</small> * ''Conus docensis'' <small>(Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014)</small> * ''Conus evorai'' <small>Monteiro, Fernandes & Rolán, 1995</small> * ''Conus fiadeiroi'' <small>(Tenorio, Afonso, Cunha & Rolán, 2014)</small> * ''Conus iberogermanicus'' <small>Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980</small> * ''Conus irregularis'' <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1858</small> * ''Conus josegeraldoi'' <small>(Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2018)</small> * ''Conus poppei'' <small>Elsen, 1983</small> * ''Conus salreiensis'' <small>Rolán, 1980</small> * ''Conus teodorae'' <small>Rolán & Fernandes, 1990</small> | display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Conus crotchii''''', common name '''Crotch's cone''', 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|224817 |''Conus crotchii'' Reeve, 1849||7 December 2018}}</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.
;Subspecies: * ''Conus crotchii crotchii'' <small>Reeve, 1849</small> * ''Conus crotchii josegeraldoi'' <small>(T. Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2018)</small>
==Description== The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 32 mm. The shell exhibits a somewhat abbreviately conical shape and is relatively solid. The surface is smooth, although striated at the base, and the spire displays a somewhat flatly convex profile with striate grooves. The shell exhibits a white coloration, densely encircled by fine, thread-like burnt-brown lines. Occasional snow-white spots interrupt this pattern. The spire is characterized by brown spots along the edge of the body whorl.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Reeve |first1=L.A. |title=Monograph of the genus Conus. Supplementary plates 1-9 and unpaginated text. In: Conchologia Iconica [supplement to vol. 1]. |date=1848–1849 |publisher=L. Reeve & Co. |location=London |pages=suppl. p. VI |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=134492 |access-date=10 February 2025}} {{source-attribution}}</ref>
==Distribution== This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />
==References== {{Reflist}} * Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda'' * [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] * Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. (2018). ''Quattro nuovi coni da Capo Verde''. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 98: 14-20.page(s): 17 thumb|''Conus crotchii'' <small>Reeve, L.A., 1849</small>
==External links== * [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The ''Conus'' Biodiversity website] * [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea] * {{Gastropods.com|key=7|id=6157|title=''Africonus crotchii''|access-date=15 January 2019}}
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crotchii Category:Gastropods described in 1849 Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde Category:Endemic fauna of Cape Verde Category:Fauna of Boa Vista, Cape Verde Category:Taxa named by Lovell Augustus Reeve