11. What do grits have in common with azaleas, honeybees and the knobbed whelk ? 12. Tulip shells, whelks , hairy tritons and olives bring the shell-seekers. 13. White beads were cut from the white part of the quahog or whelk shells. 14. Whelks use chemoreceptors to locate their prey.15. One afternoon when Gansey is driving home, he is confronted by Whelk at gunpoint. 16. They might be these dog whelks we see along the shore, for all I know. 17. Conchs are herbivorous and live in tropical seas; carnivorous whelks live in much colder waters. 18. Colorful, bright, wholly intact shells, including the coveted Lightning Whelks and Fighting Conchs. 19. In the state of Virginia, these mesh bags are mandatory in whelk / conch fishery. 20. The peak in dog whelk population density is approximately coincidental with the mid-tidal zone.
