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

They’ve placed 10,000 bags of oysters and whelk shells there since 2015.

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

With fish quota hard to come by, inshore fishermen here have increasingly turned to crab, lobster and whelk to make ends meet and 85% of the total shellfish haul is exported.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2018

"Take care," said the whelk, "you are disturbing my nursery."

From The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle