{{short description|Species of sea snail}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Conus freitasi | image = | image_caption = | authority = (Tenorio, Afonso, Rolán, Pires, Vasconcelos, Abalde & Zardoya, 2018) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = ''Africonus freitasi'' <small>Tenorio, Afonso, Rolán, Pires, Vasconcelos, Abalde & Zardoya, 2018</small> (original combination) | display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Conus freitasi''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|1053036 |''Conus freitasi'' (Tenorio, Afonso, Rolán, Pires, Vasconcelos, Abalde & Zardoya, 2018)||9 December 2018}}</ref>
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
==Description== {{Expand section|date=March 2018|small=no}}
The length of the shell varies between 10.8 mm and 15.9 mm. ==Distribution== This marine species of cone snail occurs off the Cape Verdes.<ref name="WoRMS" />
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==External links== * [http://www.scvz.org/zoolcv/vol6no2/ZoolCV2017_6_2_Tenorio_etal_Africonus%20freitasi.pdf Tenorio M.J., Afonso C.M.L., Rolán E., Pires S., Vasconcelos P., Abalde S. & Zardoya R. (2017). ''DNA sequences disclose a new species of Africonus cone snail from São Vicente (Gastropoda: Conidae).'' Zoologia Caboverdiana. 6(2): 32-41]
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freitasi Category:Gastropods described in 2018 Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde Category:Fauna of São Vicente, Cape Verde