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    The knobbed whelk (Busycon carica) is a species of very large predatory sea snail, or in the US, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Busyconidae...
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    called predatory whelks, and species of Penion (family Buccinidae) are called siphon whelks. Channeled whelk Common whelk Knobbed whelk, the state shell...
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    knobbed whelk Busycon carica, but there are some important differences:[citation needed] Lightning whelks are sinistral in coiling, whereas knobbed whelks...
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    Busycon (redirect from Busycon whelk)
    digest the flesh. The knobbed whelk is a common predator of the foreshore mudflats as far offshore as 50 m. Strings of Busycon whelk egg capsules commonly...
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    on 2019-06-21, retrieved 2019-06-25 "1987 Joint Resolution Declaring Knobbed Whelk as Georgia's Official State Seashell", GeorgiaInfo, Digital Library...
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    the lightning whelk with axial brown streaks. The egg case in this species resemble those of the lightning whelk and the knobbed whelk but are smaller...
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    sazae Tectus niloticus Many species of whelks, Buccinidae, including: Channeled whelk Lightning whelk Knobbed whelk Other sea snail groups: Bullacta exarata...
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    commonly known as the channeled whelk, is a very large predatory sea snail, a marine prosobranch gastropod, a busycon whelk, belonging to the family Busyconidae...
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  • sea snails. Buccinum undatum (waved whelk) Busycon carica (knobbed whelk) Busycotypus canaliculatus (channeled whelk) Ilyanassa obsoleta (eastern mudsnail)...
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    with include little skate, Atlantic stingray, Atlantic horseshoe crab, knobbed whelk, and moon jelly. This level displays several aquatic habitats, including...
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    Drink Cranberry juice Folk dance Square dance Mineral Franklinite Shell Knobbed whelk Ship A. J. Meerwald Soil Downer State route marker State quarter Released...
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    white colored beads the shells from the channeled whelk, knobbed whelk, lightning whelk, and snow whelk are used. Wampum was primarily used to make wampum...
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    Clibanarius vittatus are usually whelks or conches. Species selected include the lightning whelk (Sinistrofulgur sp.), the knobbed whelk (Busycon carica), the giant...
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    Live lightning whelk Sinistrofulgur perversum Hermit crab, possibly flat-clawed hermit crab Pagurus pollicaris, in a shell of knobbed whelk Busycon carica...
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    Rapana venosa (redirect from Rapa whelk)
    name the veined rapa whelk or Asian rapa whelk, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or whelk, in the family Muricidae...
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  • 1989 Delaware Channeled whelk Busycotypus canaliculatus 2014 Florida Horse conch Triplofusus papillosus 1969 Georgia Knobbed whelk Busycon carica 1987 Massachusetts...
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    and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks. The family includes more than 1500 species. The family Busyconidae...
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    Buccinidae family, which includes other carnivorous snails like the knobbed whelk. They use their strong, specialized radula (a tongue-like structure...
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  • Bladder kelp 1,509,600 KIC King crab 90,000 KIN Kingfish 200,000 KWH Knobbed whelk 67,000 LDO Lookdown dory 783,000 LEA Leatherjacket 1,431,000 LFE Long-finned...
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    The gray sea star (Luidia clathrata) selectively feeds on it and the knobbed whelk (Busycon carica) is also a major predator. In addition to a variety...
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    drill, the northern moon snail, Atlantic moon snail, the channeled and knobbed whelks. Crustaceans include crabs, shrimp and lobsters. In the Sound there...
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    Mediterranean Rustic Periwinkles Common Banded Littorina sitkana Whelks Channeled Common Kellet's Kelletia lischkei Knobbed Pear whelk Lightning Other snails...
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    species of large predatory sea snail in the family Busyconidae, the busycon whelks. Sinistrofulgur sinistrum was named by S. C. Hollister in 1958, originally...
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    Mediterranean Rustic Periwinkles Common Banded Littorina sitkana Whelks Channeled Common Kellet's Kelletia lischkei Knobbed Pear whelk Lightning Other snails...
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    Mediterranean Rustic Periwinkles Common Banded Littorina sitkana Whelks Channeled Common Kellet's Kelletia lischkei Knobbed Pear whelk Lightning Other snails...
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    Mediterranean Rustic Periwinkles Common Banded Littorina sitkana Whelks Channeled Common Kellet's Kelletia lischkei Knobbed Pear whelk Lightning Other snails...
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    large gastropods, such as tulip shell (Fasciolaria tulipa), the lightning whelk (Sinistrofulgur perversum), and the queen conch (Lobatus gigas) as well...
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    Mediterranean Rustic Periwinkles Common Banded Littorina sitkana Whelks Channeled Common Kellet's Kelletia lischkei Knobbed Pear whelk Lightning Other snails...
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    together in small gullies with strong wave action. It feeds on mussels, whelks, other molluscs, and urchins. It has an extremely strong contractile sphincter...
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    plates (Etowah plates), monolithic stone axes, ceremonial pottery and carved whelk shell gorgets. Also interred in this mound was a paired set of white marble...
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