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Updated 9/7/2013

Family Buccinidae

Whelks

Whelks are carnivorous predators that drill into bivalves and snails with a modified radula.  They are prolific in cooler waters.

 

HAWAII

Pisania ignea

FLAME PISANIA

 

 Prodotia iostoma

LAVENDER WHELK

 
Caducifer decapitatus

DECAPITATED WHELK