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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
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Busycon carica 6
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 7
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Gastropoda, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Knobbed Whelk

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source Wikipedia: Knobbed whelk
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Norway

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

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)
    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.
  • In Biome: Marine, Lead section
    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. SeaLifeBase: Busycon carica summary
SeaLifeBaseHuman uses
Quote, Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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4. NatureServe Explorer: Busycon carica
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Gastropoda
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 44
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 44
"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Mollusca","class":"Gastropoda","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Snails And Conches","language":"EN"},{"name":"Escargots Et Strombes","language":"FR"},{"name":"Caracoles Y Conchas","language":"ES"},{"name":"腹足纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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6. Wikipedia: Knobbed whelk
WikipediaWikidata Q310059 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
7. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Busycon carica
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2302937, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2302937, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
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