Summary ⁵

The channeled whelk, Busycotypus canaliculatus, previously known as Busycon canaliculatum, is a very large predatory sea snail, a marine prosobranch gastropod, a busycon whelk, belonging to the family Buccinidae....

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1. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/18024068@N00/2136821383
2. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=iz&irn=4841
3. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=iz&irn=4844
4. (c) ChildofMidnight, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Large_eastern_conch.jpg
5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busycotypus_canaliculatus

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