(Gmelin, 1791)
Busycon carica
Knobbed Whelk
Phylum:
Mollusca
Taxonomy
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Buccinidae
ANSP 411068
Shell Information
Maximum size (mm): 249
Chirality:
Dextral
Description:
It has a large shell with distinct knobs sticking out from each shell coil.
Ecological Information
Distribution:
Massachusetts to Florida
Depth (m):
0 to 70 meters
Diet:
Carnivore; They feed on a variety of bivalves including oysters.
Habitat:
Shallow to moderately shallow water including oyster reefs and clam beds.
Works Cited
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Busycon carica (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160185 on 2021-06-10
Morris, P. A. (1987). A field guide to shells: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.
Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (214). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. https://doi.org/1.116/j.ecoinf.214.8.5.
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/