Primarily carnivorous scavengers, feeding on bivalves, worms and detritus. From Artic cold water shells to the southern oceans. Mostly oceanic but some genera are from fresh water. Many whelks are capable of boring through the shell of bivalves, and because of this some species cause much harm in oyster farms. True whelks can even attack fish caught in a net extending their proboscis to twice the length of their own bodies.

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Afer cumingii (Cuming’s Afer)
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Afer cumingii (Cuming’s Afer)

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Ancistrolepis vietnamensis
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Ancistrolepis vietnamensis

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Buccinum bayani (Kaga Whelk)
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Buccinum bayani (Kaga Whelk)

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Buccinum kawamurai
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Buccinum kawamurai

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Buccinum opisoplectum 
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Buccinum opisoplectum 

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Burnupena cincta (ridged burnupena)
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Burnupena cincta (ridged burnupena)

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Japelion adelphicus (Adelphic japelion)
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Japelion adelphicus (Adelphic japelion)

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Neptunea cumingii
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Neptunea cumingii

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Neptunea fukueae (Smooth neptune)
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Neptunea fukueae (Smooth neptune)

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Siphonalia fusoides (Fusiform whelk)
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Siphonalia fusoides (Fusiform whelk)

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Siphonalia spadicea
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Siphonalia spadicea

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Volutharpa perryi 
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Volutharpa perryi 

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