# Conus regonae

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{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Conus regonae
| image =Conus regonae 1.jpg
| image2 =Conus regonae 2.jpg
| image_caption =Apertural and abapertural views of [shell](/source/gastropod_shell) of ''Conus regonae'' Rolán, E.M. & Trovão in Rolán, E.M., 1990
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1 
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Tenorio, M.J. |date=2012 |title=''Conus regonae'' |volume=2012 |article-number=e.T192785A2161145 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192785A2161145.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
| authority = Rolán & Trovão in Rolán, 1990
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| synonyms =
* ''Africonus regonae'' <small>(Rolán & Trovão, 1990)</small>
* ''Conus (Lautoconus) regonae'' <small>Rolán & Trovão in Rolán, 1990</small> · accepted, alternate representation
| display_parents = 3
}}

'''''Conus regonae''''' is a species of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the family [Conidae](/source/Conidae), the [cone snails](/source/Conus) and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|225030|''Conus regonae'' Rolán & Trovão in Rolán, 1990||27 March 2010}}</ref>

Like all species within the genus ''Conus'', these snails are [predatory](/source/predatory) and [venomous](/source/venomous). They are capable of [stinging](/source/stinging) humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

==Description==
The size of the shell varies between 10&nbsp;mm and 25&nbsp;mm.
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==Distribution==
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the island of [Sal, Cape Verde](/source/Sal%2C_Cape_Verde).<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Rolán E. (1990) ''Descripcion de nuevas especies y subespecies del genero Conus (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) para el archipielago de Cabo Verde.'' Iberus Supplement 2: 5–70, 9 pls.
* [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}}
* [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=11643|title=''Africonus regonae''|access-date=16 January 2019}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conus Regonae}}
regonae
Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde
Category:Endemic fauna of Cape Verde
Category:Fauna of Sal, Cape Verde
Category:Gastropods described in 1990

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