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Shellos カラナクシ Karanakushi #422
Artwork of West Sea form from D/P
Type Water ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Sea Slug Pokémon
Abilities Sticky Hold or Storm Drain Storm Drain Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn — Sinnoh #060 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 1'00" Imperial 0.3 m Metric 1'00"/0.3 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 13.9 lbs. Imperial 6.3 kg Metric 13.9 lbs./6.3 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Purple	Catch rate 190 (24.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Water 1 and Indeterminate groups 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 1 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 73 Battle Exp.: 731*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Shellos (Japanese: カラナクシ Karanakushi) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It evolves into Gastrodon starting at level 30.

Shellos have two different appearances: West Sea (pink) and East Sea (blue), found on the respective sides of the Sinnoh region. Due to this, there is a myth that the Sinnoh region was once split in two.

Biology

Physiology

Shellos are slug-like Pokémon. Both forms have yellow lining around their eyes, mouth and back.

In the West Sea form, the underside is white, its back is pink in color and has small spike-like protrusions on it. On its head is a ring of pink fleshy knobs arranged like a flower.

In the East Sea form, the underside is green, its back is blue and has two flap-like protrusions. These flaps are lined in yellow. On its head are two white-tipped knobs resembling horns.

Shellos and its evolution Gastrodon are examples of allopatric speciation, though the two forms are still able to interbreed (the child takes the mother's form).

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Shellos, as a Template:Type2 Pokémon, is capable of using moves of the said type, such as Rain Dance and Muddy Water. Although not yet a Template:Type2, Shellos is capable of using several Ground-type moves involving mud, such as Mud Sport, Mud Bomb, and, if Water-type, the aforementioned Muddy Water. Shellos is also able to use Recover.

Behavior

Habitat

Shellos live along the sea shore.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

West Sea Shellos in the anime

Zoey owns a West Sea Shellos, which first appeared in A Stand-Up Sit-Down!.

A wild East Sea Shellos made a cameo in The Rise of Darkrai.

Several of both kinds of Shellos appeared in Gateway to Ruin!.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Shellos (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation I Red Blue None Trade Blue (Japan) None Trade Yellow None Trade
Generation II Gold Silver None Trade Crystal None Trade
Generation III Ruby Sapphire None Trade Emerald None Trade FireRed LeafGreen None Trade Colosseum None Trade XD None Trade
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Common Routes 205, 218, 221, and 224, Fuego Ironworks, Valley Windworks (West Sea) Route 213 (East Sea) Platinum Common Routes 205 and 218, Valley Windworks, Fuego Ironworks, Canalave City (West Sea) Routes 212 and 213, Pastoria City (East Sea) HeartGold SoulSilver None Pokéwalker ( This page contains material that may not be suitable for young readers. Viewer discretion is advised. ) (West Sea) Pal Park None Pokéwalker None
Generation V Black White None Trade Black 2 White 2 None Trade Dream World None
Generation VI X Y None Trade

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Template:DP type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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By breeding

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By tutoring

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Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

West Sea

West Sea Unevolved Shellos  Water  Level 30 → West Sea First evolution Gastrodon  Water  Ground

East Sea

East Sea Unevolved Shellos  Water  Level 30 → East Sea First evolution Gastrodon  Water  Ground

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Shellos images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• When Serebii.net revealed Shellos's English name, the site originally interpreted its name as "Snelios" or "Shelios" due to poor image quality.
• Upon Shellos' discovery in the prerelease phase of Diamond and Pearl, fans thought it was a pre-evolution for Lapras; this is due to the fact that the East Sea variation was seen first.
• According to an interview in Nintendo Power, Shellos and Gastrodon were originally designed for Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions, but were not implemented in the final design.
  • Both Shellos and Gastrodon have a beta back sprite in the game data; however, there are no front sprites for these forms, and neither can be captured in this form.
  • These beta forms both are similar to the pink West Sea variations of Shellos and Gastrodon, possibly meaning that they were developed from the Generation III versions.
• In Diamond and Pearl, no in-game trainer uses East Sea Shellos in battle, even if the Trainer's current location is east of Mt. Coronet. This changes in Platinum where all trainers east of Mt. Coronet may have the eastern variety.
• Shellos's Pokédex color is purple, which is probably due to the fact that pink (the color of the West Sea Shellos) mixed with blue (the color of the East Sea Shellos) would make a shade of light purple.

Origin

Shellos is based on a sea slug.

Name origin

Its English name appears to be a pun on Shell and the suffix -less, as Shellos does not have a shell. Its Japanese name is a combination of 殻 kara, shell, and 無くした nakushita, to have lost, or 無し nashi, without.

In other languages

• German: Schalellos - From schalenlos (without a shell).
• French: Sancoki - From sans coquille (without a shell).
• Korean: 깝질무 Kkap-Jil-Moo - Includes 껍질 kkapjil (shell).

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