Whelks are all predators or scavengers, capturing prey with a tubular proboscis. Their shells have an oval aperture which is notched anteriorly, or even extended into a tubular siphonal canal, to accommodate a cylindrical siphon.
Whelks are all predators or scavengers, capturing prey with a tubular proboscis. Their shells have an oval aperture which is notched anteriorly, or even extended into a tubular siphonal canal, to accommodate a cylindrical siphon.