{{Short description|Species of sea snail}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Conus cuneolus | image = Conus cuneolus 1.jpg | image2 = Conus cuneolus 2.jpg | image_caption = Apertural and abapertural views of shell of ''Conus cuneolus'' Reeve, L.A., 1844 | 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 cuneolus'' |volume=2012 |article-number=e.T192403A2088649 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192403A2088649.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | authority = Reeve, 1843 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Africonus cuneolus'' <small>(Reeve, 1843)</small> * ''Conus anthonyi'' <small>(Petuch, 1975)</small> * ''Conus bernardinoi'' <small>(Cossignani, 2014)</small> * ''Conus fontonae'' <small>Rolán & Trovão, 1990</small> * ''Conus mordeirae'' <small>Rolán & Trovão, 1990</small> * ''Conus pseudocuneolus'' <small>Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980</small> * ''Conus serranegrae'' <small>Rolán, 1990</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) cuneolus'' <small>Reeve, 1843</small> accepted, alternate representation | display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Conus cuneolus''''' 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|224821|''Conus cuneolus'' Reeve, 1843||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.
==Description== The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 33 mm. The shell is shortly turbinated, wide at the shoulder, and somewhat inflated. Its color is chestnut- or chocolate-brown, with small white maculations, forming an obscure band at the shoulder, and another below the middle, as well as somewhat scattered over the rest of the surface, including the convex spire.
==Distribution== This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes, where it is restricted to the southwestern part of the island of Sal.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />
==References== {{Reflist}} * Afonso C.M.L. & Tenorio M.J. (2004) ''Conus cuneolus Reeve, 1843 and related species in Sal Island, Cape Verde Archipelago (Gastropoda, Conidae).'' Visaya 1(1 * Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) ''Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods.'' Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. * [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]
thumb|''Conus cuneolus'' <small>Reeve, L.A., 1843</small>
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [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=0|id=4120|title=''Africonus cuneolus''|access-date=15 January 2019}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conus Cuneolus}} cuneolus Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde Category:Fauna of Sal, Cape Verde Category:Endemic fauna of Cape Verde Category:Gastropods described in 1843 Category:Taxa named by Lovell Augustus Reeve