Knobbed Whelk

(Busycon carica)

Photo and brief narrative description (Assateague Naturalist)

Drawings and narrative description (Georgia Shell Club)

Whelk Studies (University of Georgia Marine Education Center)

Drawing and narrative description (Enchanted Learning)

1987 joint resolution declaring knobbed whelk as Georgia's official state seashell

Georgia Secretary of State's web page on knobbed whelk

© Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia

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