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More about the common whelk
What they eat?
The common whelk is common in coastal areas
of the north Atlantic; in Europe it spans from Norway to Spain and from
Labrador to New Jersey along the North American seaboard. In Sweden it is
most common in the Skagerak and Kattegatt, but sparse in the Öresund
and southern Baltic. The common whelk thrives in cold water areas where
the salinity is between 2% and 3%. This species is found on most types of
bottoms, but in Swedish waters is far more common on soft bottoms between 5-200m.
It appears as though the common whelk prefers different types of food and
environments during different phases in its life, for example the young
tend to live in shallower water than the older.
The whelk is common on soft bottoms.
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