Species

Channeled Whelk

Mollusks

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General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Channeled Whelk." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/channeled-whelk.

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Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Channeled Whelk. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/channeled-whelk

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-channeled-whelk,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Channeled Whelk},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/channeled-whelk},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Busycotypus canaliculatus, commonly known as the channeled whelk, is a very large predatory sea snail, a marine prosobranch gastropod in the busycon whelk family Busyconidae.

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