A live individual of Busycon carica at low tide at Bethany Beach, Delaware
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Busyconidae
Genus:
Busycon
Species:
B. carica
Binomial name
Busycon carica
(Gmelin, 1791) [1]
The knobbed whelk (Busycon carica) is a species of very large predatory sea snail, or in the US, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Busyconidae, the busycon whelks.
The knobbed whelk is the second largest species of busycon whelk, ranging in size up to 12 in (305 mm).[2]
It is the only extant species in the genus Busycon.
^Busycon carica (Gmelin, 1791) World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
^Busycon carica Gmelin, 1791 Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
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