Busycotypus canaliculatus, commonly known as the channeled whelk, is a very large predatory sea snail, a marine prosobranch gastropod, a busycon whelk, belonging to the family Busyconidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Channeled Whelk being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Busycon carica
- Fulguropsis pyruloides
- Sinistrofulgur sinistrum
- Sinistrofulgur pulleyi
- Volegalea cochlidium
- Fulguropsis spirata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Busyconidae
- Genus
- Busycotypus
- Species
- Busycotypus canaliculatus
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