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Species Page:

Norway Whelk

(Gmelin, 1791)

Volutopsius norwegicus

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Neogastropoda

Family:

Buccinidae

Buccinidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP 102133

Shell Information

Maximum size (mm): 96

Dextral

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

Greenland to Newfoundland

18 to 475 meters

Diet:

Carnivore

Habitat:

Marine

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138938 on 2021-06-23

Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/

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