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Whelk or welk is a common name used for some sea snails. The word is applied to various species within several unrelated groups of medium-sized to large marine gastropod molluscs. Whelks are mostly found in temperate and tropical waters, and the majority of them have historically been used by humans for food.
The species referred to using this common name vary from one part of the English-speaking world to another:
A whelk is a consumer
its a bit like a whelk. or a wench.
Yes, a dog-whelk is a carnivorous marine snail that feeds on other marine invertebrates like mussels and barnacles.
A whelk is a large, edible, marine snail.
Dog whelk was created in 1758.
A Whelk is an internet marine gasbagotropod historically used by humans for food.
A whelk is a snail and a mussel is a bivalve mollusc or clam.
The scientific name for the knobbed whelk is Busycon carica.
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In 1987, Texas made the lightning whelk its official state shell.
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Lightning Whelk