Whelks
Whelks Family Buccinidae (True Whelks)
Whelk is a common name for are large sea snails (gastropods) with spiral shells.
Snails are univalves, meaning they have one shell (valve) to which they can retract their whole body into when threatened.
Some are incorrectly called conchs
Snails are univalves, meaning they have one shell (valve) to which they can retract their whole body into when threatened.
Snails are univalves, meaning they have one shell (valve) to which they can retract their whole body into when threatened are used for sight. Another set are used for touch. Below these tentacle is the mouth.
Fun Fact – Conch live in tropical (warm) waters and eat vegetation. Whelk are carnivores/scavengers living in temperate (cooler) waters, feeding on bivalves and on dead animals and detritus.
Knobbed Whelk
Channeled Whelk
Lightning Whelk
Atlantic Sea Scallop Placopecten magellanicus
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