{{Short description|Species of sea snail}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Conus fernandesi | image =Conus fernandesi 1.jpg | image_caption = Apertural and abapertural views of shell | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Tenorio, M.J. |date=2012 |title=''Conus fernandesi'' |volume=2012 |article-number=e.T192823A2168622 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192823A2168622.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> | authority = Tenorio, Afonso, & Rolán, 2008 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Africonus fernandesi'' <small>(Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán, 2008)</small> * ''Conus (Lautoconus) fernandesi'' <small>Tenorio, Afonso, & Rolán, 2008</small> · accepted, alternate representation | display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Conus fernandesi''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae. It is endemic to the Cape Verde islands.

==Description== The size of the shell varies between 18&nbsp;mm and 27&nbsp;mm. As all species within the genus ''Conus'', these snails are predatory and venomous and capable of stinging humans who handle them.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|429015|''Conus fernandesi'' Tenorio, Afonso, & Rolán, 2008||27 March 2010}}</ref>

==Distribution and habitat== The species is endemic to Cape Verde and so far only known from a coastal strip 1&nbsp;km in length on a single island, Santo Antão. It has been found among algae and in crevices at water depths between 2 and 4 m.<ref name=tenorio>{{cite journal|url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257140900|last1=Tenorio|first1=M.J.|last2=Afonso|first2=C.M.L.|last3=Rolán|first3=E.|year=2008|title=New endemic species of Conus (Gastropoda, Conidae) from the Islands of São Nicolau, Santo Antão and Sal in the Cape Verde Archipelago|journal=Vita Malacologica|volume=6|pages=1–10}}</ref>

==Conservation== ''C. fernandesi'' appears to be scarce and to have an extremely limited range along the coast of Santo Antão, which also happens to be subject to very heavy ferry traffic. It is therefore considered to be vulnerable to habitat destruction and pollution impacts, and has been classified as endangered by the IUCN.<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021" /><ref name=tenorio/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== {{cite journal|doi=10.1093/mollus/eyu055|last1=Puillandre|first1=N.|last2=Duda|first2=T.F.|last3=Meyer|first3=C.|last4=Olivera|first4=B.M.|last5=Bouchet|first5=P.|year=2015|title=One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails|journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies|volume=81|issue=1|pages=1–23|pmc=4541476|pmid=26300576}}

==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=3|id=59563|title=''Africonus fernandesi''|access-date=16 January 2019}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conus Fernandesi}} fernandesi Category:Endemic fauna of Cape Verde Category:Fauna of Santo Antão, Cape Verde Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde Category:Gastropods described in 2008

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