Channeled Whelk
(7”) 18 cm
Busycon canaliculatum (L., 1758).
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to N.E. Florida.
Common.
Introduced to California 1948.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Class Gastropoda
Sublcass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Busyconidae
Genus: Busycon
Species: Busycon canaliculatum