Dog whelks (also known as dog winkles) are common, small intertidal snails with sharply pointed, conical shells composed of six ridged whorls.

?How the Dog Whelk gets its dinner may seem to some to be pretty gruesome for the unfortunate prey involved, but it is particularly effective from the predator’s point of view.

Variable dog whelk, or white basket whelk, is named for its pale cream color, accented by rows of cinnamon-shaded spots that appear solid from a distance.

Similarly, dog-whelks that were initially fed on barnacles and then encountered small mussels learned to focus on the thinnest parts of the mussel shells.

To be fair, she was comparing it to the very cool lightning whelk, but still dogwhelks are spectacular snails, ones that are well worth getting to know.

To be fair, she was comparing it to the very cool lightning whelk, but still dogwhelks are spectacular snails, ones that are well worth getting to know.

Researchers at the university have completed the world's first genome sequencing of the dog whelk, a marine species critical in tracking sea pollution.

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