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Knobbed Whelk

Mollusks

The knobbed whelk is a species of very large predatory sea snail, called simply a whelk in the United States, a marine gastropod mollusk in the busycon whelk family Busyconidae.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Scientific Name
Busycon carica 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Gastropoda, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Knobbed Whelk
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Sources
1. Wikidata: Knobbed Whelk
  • Wikidata Q310059, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikipedia 'Knobbed whelk': a species of very large predatory sea snail
  • Child Taxon Of: Gastropoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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2. Wikipedia: Knobbed whelk
system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
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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, the busycon whelks.
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3. Wikipedia: Knobbed whelk
WikipediaWikidata Q310059 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
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