Conus behelokensis

Conus behelokensis
	Apertural and abapertural view of a shell of Conus behelokensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. behelokensis
Binomial name
	Conus behelokensis; Lauer, 1989
Synonyms
	Conus (Darioconus) behelokensis Lauer, 1989 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus (Darioconus) rosiae (Monnier, Batifoix & Limpalaër, 2018); Conus pennaceus behelokensis Lauer, 1989 (original rank); Conus rosiae (Monnier, Batifoix & Limpalaër, 2018); Darioconus behelokensis (Lauer, 1989); Darioconus rosiae Monnier, Batifoix & Limpalaër, 2018;

Conus behelokensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[1]

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description[]

The size of the shell varies between 34 mm and 65 mm.

This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Western Indian Ocean.

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus behelokensis Lauer, 1989. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751874 on 2015-07-25

Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
Monnier E., Batifoix J.L. & Limpalaër L. (2018). Darioconus rosiae (Gastropoda: Conidae) a new species of the Darioconus pennaceus complex from South-West Madagascar. Xenophora Taxonomy. 19: 9-24. page(s): 10, pl. 1 figs 1-11; pl. 2 figs 1-11; pl. 3 figs 1-10
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

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