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Whelk is a common name which is applied to various different kinds of sea snail,[1] many of which have historically been used, or are still used, by humans for food.
Although a number of whelks are relatively large and are in the family Buccinidae (the true whelks), the word whelk is also applied to some other marine gastropod mollusc species within several, not very closely related, families of sea snails.
The common name "whelk" is also spelled welk or even wilks. The word originally comes from the Proto-Germanic root "weluka", which may come from the Proto-Indo-European root "wel-" meaning to turn or revolve. [2]
The species, genera and families referred to using this common name vary a great deal from one geographic area to another.
In the United States, whelk refers to several large edible species in the genera Busycon and Busycotypus, which are now classified in the family Buccinidae. These are sometimes called Busycon whelks.
In addition, the unrelated invasive murex Rapana venosa is referred to as the Veined rapa whelk or Asian rapa whelk in the family Muricidae.
In the British Isles, Belgium and the Netherlands, the word is used for a number of species in the family Buccinidae, especially Buccinum undatum, an edible European and Northern Atlantic species.
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