Conus gabelishi
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • 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] It gets its name from the researcher who discovered it, A.J. Gabelish.[3]

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. The shell is turbinated and smooth, with eight stepped spiral whorls. The shell is a golden yellow with nine thin rows of brown and white bands as well as three indistinct white splotches.[3]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia at depths of 130-230m below sealevel.[3]

References

  1. ^ da Motta, A. J., 1982. Seventeen New Cone Shell Names (Gastropoda: Conidae). , 1: 1 -20
  2. ^ a b Conus gabelishi da Motta, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Da Motta, A. J. (15 May 1982). "Seventeen New Cone Shell Names (Gastropoda, Conidae)". Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia. 1: 1–20, 3 plates. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6568168.

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