whelk
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"Butterfly blenny naturally choose abandoned whelk shells as their home but it seems they can get creative," she said..
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024
Tiny baby oysters, called spat, are attached to whelk shells and placed in the bay near the existing cages to further stabilize the shoreline.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2022
In the 1990s, the population of horseshoe crabs along the East Coast was decimated by fishermen who used them as bait to catch eel and corner the lucrative market for whelk or conch.
From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2021
As a fierce wind sent his hair flying around his face, he pointed out some of the little things he loved: a clump of pink sea thrift, a tiny whelk.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021
Here, adhering to this large whelk, is another, but far larger and coarser.
From Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore by Kingsley, Charles
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