whelk
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But the whelk is a cold-water species, and a marine heatwave in 2022 triggered a mass die-off of these snails in the Thames Estuary.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2025
The group has been building steel wire cages, filling them with rocks and whelk shells and positioning them in rows along the shoreline of Barnegat Bay.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
Pre-Columbian painted animal sculptures, which attest, in their lifelike accuracy, to the sophistication and skill of their creators, were found at Key Marco, Fla., along with countless lightning whelk beads, pendants and ear buttons.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2021
Were I running a modestly sized whelk stall, let alone the White House, the very last person I would allow behind the scenes to observe and report on its secrets would be Michael Wolff.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 7, 2018
"Some of my relations do," replied the whelk; "and I myself have occasionally floated among the great waves; but it is rather dangerous."
From The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
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