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whelk is one of several species of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks found in temperate waters. In North America, the word whelk is used for "busycon whelks", several species of large, usually edible Busycon snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae. (often edible) sea snails. It is important to note however that even though the same or similar common names may be used for all of these sea snails, they are often not at all closely related to one another. Some of these gastropods are so distantly related that they are not even in the same superorder as others. In the British Isles and the Netherlands, where the word "whelk" seems to have originated, the word means Buccinum undatum and several related species in the family Buccinidae. In some islands in the Caribbean, such as Saint Kitts and Nevis, the name whelks or "wilks" is used for a large edible top shell, Cittarium pica, also known as the "magpie", or "West Indian top shell", which is in the family Trochidae. In the USA, a problematic introduced species is known as "Veined rapa whelk" or "Asian rapa whelk" (Rapana venosa). This species is in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. In Australia and New Zealand, species of the genus Cabestana in the family Ranellidae are called predatory whelks.
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