Conus gabelishi

Conus gabelishi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. gabelishi
Binomial name
	Conus gabelishi; da Motta, 1982
Synonyms
	Conus (Floraconus) gabelishi da Motta & Ninomiya, in da Motta, 1982 accepted, alternate representation; Floraconus gabelishi (da Motta & Ninomiya, in da Motta, 1982);

Conus gabelishi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[2]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Description[]

The size of an adult shell varies between 23 mm and 43 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia.

References[]

^ da Motta, A. J., 1982. Seventeen New Cone Shell Names (Gastropoda: Conidae). , 1: 1 -20
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Conus gabelishi da Motta, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 July 2011.

Motta, A.J. da 1982. Seventeen new cone shell names (Gastropoda: Conidae). Publicaçoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 1: 1–26
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp

External links[]

The Conus Biodiversity website
"Floraconus gabelishi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 July 2011.

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[1] Motta, A. J., 1982. Seventeen New Cone Shell Names (Gastropoda: Conidae). , 1: 1 -20

[WoRMS-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Conus gabelishi da Motta, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 July 2011.

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