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 Lightning whelk, Busycon contrarium
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Busycon is a genus of very large edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae. This genus of snails are commonly known as whelks or Busycon whelks.
As a food source in the USA, the meat of these whelks is sometimes referred to as "scungilli".
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