{{Short description|Species of sea snail}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Conus longilineus | image = Conus grahami longilineus 1.jpg | image_caption = Two views of a shell of ''Conus longilineus'' | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Tenorio, M.J. |date=2013 |title=''Conus longilineus'' |volume=2013 |article-number=e.T42830689A42830729 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42830689A42830729.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | authority = Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Africonus cagarralensis'' <small>Cossignani, 2014</small> * ''Africonus longilineus'' <small>(Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980)</small> * ''Africonus melissae'' (Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán, 2008) * ''Africonus minimus'' Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2015 * ''Africonus nelsonandradoi'' Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2015 * ''Conus (Lautoconus) cagarralensis'' (Cossignani, 2014) * ''Conus (Lautoconus) longilineus'' Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980 * ''Conus (Lautoconus) melissae'' Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán, 2008 * ''Conus (Lautoconus) nelsonandradoi'' (Cossignani & Fiadeiro, 2015) * ''Conus cagarralensis'' <small>(Cossignani, 2014)</small> * ''Conus grahami longilineus'' <small>Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980</small> (basionym) * ''Conus melissae'' <small>Tenorio, Afonso & Rolán, 2008</small> | display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Conus longilineus''''' 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|224911 |''Conus longilineus'' Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980||7 December 2018}}</ref><ref>Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.</ref><ref>Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.</ref><ref>Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4th 2009 Edition.</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. thumb|Two views of a shell of ''Conus longilineus''
==Description== {{Expand section|date=October 2015|small=no}}
The shell attains a length of 20 mm. ==Distribution== This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes in the following locations in the southern part of the island of Sal:<ref name="WoRMS" /> * Parda * Sal Island * Santa Maria * Serra Negra
==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]
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Conus+longilineus Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)] * [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=289036&lvl=0 GenBank] * [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224911 World Register of Marine Species] * {{Gastropods.com|key=7|id=27267|title=''Africonus grahami longilineus''|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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longilineus Category:Gastropods described in 1980 Category:Fauna of Sal, Cape Verde Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde
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