Conus behelokensis

Conus behelokensis
	Apertural and abapertural view of a shell of Conus behelokensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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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