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whelk

Any of various families of large marine snails with a thick spiral shell, especially the family Buccinidae. Whelks are scavengers, and also eat other shellfish. The largest grow to 40 cm/16 in long. Tropical species, such as the conches, can be very colourful.

The common northern whelk Buccinum undatum is widely distributed around the North Sea and the Atlantic.
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"As well, by your honour's leave, as a hermit-crab in the shell of a whelk," said Conseil.
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