Kricketune - Shellos

Shellos

Shellos (カラナクシ, Karanakushi?) is a "sea slug Pokémon" that exists in two different forms, an example of allopatric speciation. A pink Shellos comes from the west of Sinnoh's mountain range, and a blue Shellos comes from the east. Shellos learns three Ground attacks, which are the second generation Mud-Slap, the third generation Mud Sport, and the fourth generation Mud Bomb. It can have one of two abilities: the pre-existing Sticky Hold, and the new ability Storm Drain, which draws Water-type attacks to this Pokémon during a double battle.

Shellos was designed by Ken Sugimori and Satoshi Tajiri. Sugimori also drew conceptual artwork of Shellos. It first appeared in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, published in Japan on September 28, 2006. Its English name was revealed at American International Toy Fair in February 2007. Junichi Masuda commented in the May 2007 issue of Nintendo Power that "There's also a sea-slug Pokémon that we weren't able to put in Ruby and Sapphire that we were able to put in this one, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl".

In the anime, Zoey owns a Shellos, of the West Sea variant. Shellos is a popular Pokémon. They have Shellos plushes,cards,action figures and more. GamesRadar stated that Shellos had a misleading design, stating "Shellos is the spitting image of what you’d imagine a baby Lapras would look like". They later stated that Shellos were "downright cute".