{{Short description|Species of sea snail}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Conus damottai | image =Conus damottai damottai 1.jpg | image_caption = Apertural and abapertural views of shell of ''Conus damottai damottai'' Trovão, 1979 | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Tenorio, M.J. |date=2012 |title=''Conus damottai'' |volume=2012 |article-number=e.T192631A2131101 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192631A2131101.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | authority = Trovão, 1979<ref>Trovão, H. F. M., 1979. Contribuição para o estudo dos Moluscos Gasterópodos da famaia Conidae da África occidental. Amphitrite, 1 (1 ): 3 -12</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Africonus damottai'' <small>(Trovão, 1979)</small> * ''Africonus damottai damottai'' <small>(Trovão, 1979)</small>· accepted, alternate representation * ''Africonus derrubado'' <small>(Rolán & F. Fernandes, 1990)</small> * ''Africonus diegoi'' <small>Cossignani, 2014</small> * ''Africonus pinedensis'' <small>Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017</small> (original combination) * ''Africonus purvisi'' ''Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2017'' (original combination) * ''Africonus roquensis'' <small>Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2015</small> * ''Africonus umbelinae'' <small>Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2014</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) damottai'' <small>Trovão, 1979·</small> accepted, alternate representation * ''Conus (Lautoconus) derrubado'' <small>Rolán & F. Fernandes, 1990</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) diegoi'' <small>(Cossignani, 2014)</small> * ''Conus damottai damottai'' <small>Trovão, 1979</small> * ''Conus derrubado'' <small>Rolán & Fernandes, 1990</small> * ''Conus diegoi'' <small>(Cossignani, 2014)</small> | display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Conus damottai''''', the '''glabrous 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|224826|''Conus damottai'' Trovão, 1979||18 July 2011}}</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.
There are two subspecies: * ''Conus damottai damottai'' <small>Trovão, 1979</small>: synonym of ''Conus damottai'' <small>Trovão, 1979</small> * ''Conus damottai galeao'' <small>Rolán, 1990</small>: synonym of ''Conus galeao'' <small>Rolán, 1990</small> (original rank)
==Description== {{Expand section|date=July 2011|small=no}}
The size of an adult shell varies between 16 mm and 30 mm. ==Distribution== This species occurs in the Cape Verde archipelago, Eastern Atlantic Ocean. The subspecies ''Conus damottai galeao'' is only found off the island of Maio (Baía do Galeão, Baía do Navio Quebrado); the subspecies ''Conus damottai damottai'' only off the island of Boa Vista.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />
==References== [[File:Conus damottai galeao 002.jpg|thumb|Conus damottai galeao, founded in the waters of Baía do Galeão and small portions around it]] thumb|Conus damottai galeao Rolán, E.M., 1996 {{Reflist}} * Filmer R.M. (2001).'' A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998''. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp * Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda'' * Tucker J.K. (2009). ''Recent cone species database''. September 4, 2009 Edition * Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. (2015). ''Due nuovi coni da Capo Verde.'' Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 87: 3-5 page(s): 5 * Cossignani T. & Fiadeiro R. (2017). ''Otto nuovi coni da Capo Verde''. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 94: 26–36.page(s): 27 * [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== {{Commons category|Conus damottai}} * [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php The ''Conus'' Biodiversity website] * {{Gastropods.com|key=8|id=8138|title=''Africonus damottai damottai''|access-date=18 July 2011}} * [http://www.coneshells-am.ru/ Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conus Damottai}} damottai Category:Gastropods described in 1979 Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde Category:Fauna of Maio, Cape Verde Category:Fauna of Boa Vista, Cape Verde