Knobbed whelk
| Knobbed whelk | |
|---|---|
| A live individual of Busycon carica at low tide at Bethany Beach, Delaware | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Busyconidae |
| Genus: | Busycon |
| Species: | B. carica |
| Binomial name | |
| Busycon carica (Gmelin, 1791) | |
The knobbed whelk (Busycon carica) is a species of very large predatory sea snail, or in the US, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Busyconidae, the busycon whelks.
The knobbed whelk is the second largest species of busycon whelk, ranging in size up to 12 in (305 mm).