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Aqua Scope: The Common Whelks Appearance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from AquaScope talks about how big a whelk can get, the color, how they move, where the digestive and nervous systems are found.
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Aqua Scope: Male Is Enticed by Smell, Whelk

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from AquaScope explains how the males are attracted to the females when matting time comes around. Talks about how long it takes the female to produce eggs, and how many eggs are in a capsule.
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Aquascope: The Common Whelk: Survival

For Students 9th - 10th
This is one page from a site on Welks. It tells about how many of the eggs will survive, the growth rate, how old a whelk can live to be, and it talks about poorly distrubited genes.
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Noaa: Alaska Fisheries Science Center: Pribiloff Whelk

For Students 9th - 10th
Two clear image examples of Pribiloff whelk.
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More About the Common Whelk

For Students 9th - 10th
Talks about where whelks are found, what kind of conditions they like to live in, and what they eat at different stages of their lives.
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The Assateague Naturalist: The Lightning Whelk

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a brief description and some pertinent facts about lightning whelks. A picture of a lightning whelk is provided.
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The Assateague Naturalist: Knobbed Whelk

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains how to identify a knobbed whelk and includes a few interesting facts about knobbed whelks. A picture is also included.
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The Assateague Naturalist: Channeled Whelk

For Students 6th - 8th
This site describes what the channeled whelk looks like and provides a couple pictures. It also provides a few interesting facts about the channeled whelk.