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*****Nature Guide to the Carolina Coast
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Whelks
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*****Coastal
Eco-Charters
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Jo
O'Keefe Copyright 2010. Photos may be used for educational purposes
only. Contact me with inquiries.
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Pear Whelks
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Although
Pear Whelks, Busycotypus spiratus, are seldom found on Sunset
Beach, I am posting photos at the top of this whelk webpage because
I accidentally omitted them. Some have a protruding apex while others
have a flat, squished-looking one as in the specimen below. Their egg
cases are found on Sunset Beach. Newborn Pear Whelks differ significantly
from the newborn Knobbed Whelks shown further down on this webpage.
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Pear
Whelks, Busycotypus spiratus
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Channeled
Whelks
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Channeled Whelk
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Channeled Whelk
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Channeled Whelk
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Channeled Whelk
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Channeled Whelks
Surfacing
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Channeled Whelk
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Channeled Whelk
with periostracum visible
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Channeled Whelk
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Channeled Whelk
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Knobbed Whelk
Shell and Live Channeled Whelk
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Channeled Whelk
pivoting
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Lightning
Whelks
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Lightning Whelk
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Lightning Whelk
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Lightning Whelks
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Lightning Whelks
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Knobbed
Whelks
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Knobbed Whelk
covered with barnacles - same
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Knobbed Whelk.
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Knobbed Whelk
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Knobbed Whelk
-- same
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Knobbed Whelk
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Knobbed Whelks
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Knobbed Whelk
-- same
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Knobbed Whelk
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Knobbed Whelk
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Knobbed Whelk
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Knobbed Whelk
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Knobbed Whelks
demonstrating differences
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Knobbed Whelk
-- same
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Knobbed Whelk
emerging
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Knobbed Whelk
emerging
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Knobbed Whelk
emerging
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Knobbed Whelk
emerging
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Knobbed Whelk
shell
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Knobbed Whelk
shell
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Knobbed Whelk shell
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Knobbed
Whelk shell
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Knobbed Whelk
shells
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Knobbed Whelk
shells
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Knobbed Whelk
Egg Chain with eggs and albumen visible inside, Sunset Beach, NC, 05/15/10
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Knobbed Whelk
egg cases -- holes indicate where baby whelks exited
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Knobbed Whelk
with egg case
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Knobbed Whelk
with egg case
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Knobbed Whelk
with hermit crab -- apparently flat-clawed
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Lightning Whelk
with hermit crab
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Juvenile Knobbed
Whelk
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Juvenile Knobbed
Whelk
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Juvenile Knobbed
Whelk
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Knobbed Whelk
in aquarium
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Knobbed Whelk
in aquarium
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