Common whelk
Buccinum undatum
Category: Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Buccinidae
- Genus
- Buccinum
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 8 countries and 3 regions.
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 1 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 16 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 466 records
- Silfra & Thingvellir, Iceland - 2 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 135 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 99 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 1 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 86 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 1108 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 154 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 280 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 116 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 473 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 5 records