Fishing for Channeled whelk

Busycotypus canaliculatus

The channeled whelk is a large predatory sea snail with a pear-shaped, spiraling grayish-tan shell whose whorls are marked by a deep channel along the suture, opening to a long siphonal canal. It burrows in sand and mud bottoms of the western Atlantic. The shell reaches about 10 inches. Mostly nocturnal, it plows through sediment, often nearly buried. This summary was AI generated

Water type

Saltwater

IUCN Status

Not evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Source: Fishbase

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