Fishing for Knobbed whelk

Busycon carica

The knobbed whelk is a large predatory sea snail with a heavy, pear-shaped, pale gray shell whose broad shoulder bears a ring of pointed knobs, and a reddish or orange aperture. It inhabits sandy bottoms of the western Atlantic from Cape Cod to Florida. The shell reaches about 12 inches. It plows slowly through the sand. This summary was AI generated

Water type

Saltwater

IUCN Status

Not evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Source: Fishbase

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