No, a whelk does not have a skeleton. Whelks are marine mollusks that belong to the class Gastropoda, and they have a soft body protected by a hard shell made of calcium carbonate. This shell serves as an external support structure rather than an internal skeleton.
A whelk is a consumer
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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Whelks are large marine snails (Buccinidae family) with pointed spiral shells. Some varieties of Whelks are commonly eaten as a delicacy in Europe. They have no internal skeleton or backbone so they would be classed as invertebrates.
In 1987, Texas made the lightning whelk its official state shell.
No, whelks do not make shells; rather, they create their shells as they grow. The shell is actually a part of the whelk's body, formed by secretions from a gland in the mantle. As the whelk ages, it adds new layers to its shell, allowing it to grow larger. The shell serves as protection and plays a role in the whelk's overall biology.
Lightning Whelk
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