Whelk - Some Common Examples

Some Common Examples

  • Common whelk
  • Speckled whelk
  • Lightning whelk
  • Knobbed whelk, the state shell of Georgia and New Jersey
  • Channeled whelk
  • "Wrinkled whelk", a common name for both Neptunea lyrata and Nucella lamellosa
  • "Triton whelk", an Australian common name for Charonia species

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