Description: A large edible whelk; has a thick, solid shell with large spiral ridges, white with brown blotches. The last whorl is large and nodose. Aperture wide, oval. The flesh is reddish with scattered brown spots.
Global Distribution: Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indo-Pacific, in temperate and tropical waters. View Map
BIOLOGICAL FEATURES
Size: Maximum length 390 mm.
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ECOLOGICAL FEATURES
Depth range: SeaLifeBase: 0 - 10 m.
Habitat: Demersal, from low tide to 10 m, on rocky bottoms.
Feeding habits: An active predator that feeds on other molluscs and echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins and sea cucumbers).
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FISHERIES
Commercial interest: Minor commercial species.
Conservation status: Not evaluated.
Nutritional information & food safety:
Proximate composition per 100 g:
energy value 79.7 kcal (4.0% DRV)
protein 13.6 g (27.2% DRV)
fat 1.7 g (2.4% DRV)
carbohydrates 2.3 g (0.9% DRV)
Food safety: rare episodes of tetrodotoxin poisoning have been reported.
REFERENCES
Direcção Regional de Pescas, Madeira.
IUCN (2014). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. www.iucnredlist.org
Katsanevakis S., Lefkaditou E., Galinou-Mitsoudi S., Koutsoubas D., Zenetos A. (2008). Molluscan species of minor commercial interest in Hellenic seas: distribution, exploitation and conservation status. Mediterranean Marine Science, 9(1): 77-118.
de Kluijver M.J., Ingalsuo S.S., de Bruyne R.H. Mollusca of the North Sea. Accessed through: Marine Species Identification Portal. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://species-identification.org (2014).
Rodriguez P., Alfonso A., Vale C., Alfonso C., Vale P., Tellez A., Botana L.M. (2008). First toxicity report of tetrodotoxin and 5, 6, 11-trideoxyTTX in the trumpet shell Charonia lampas lampas in Europe. Analytical Chemistry, 80(14): 5622-5629.
Vlieg, P., 1988. Proximate Composition of New Zealand Marine Finfish and Shellfish, Palmerston North: Biotechnology Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. In
Smith I. (2011). Meat Weight, Nutritional and Energy Yield Values for New Zealand Archaeofauna. Otago Archaeological Report No. 8, 25 pp.
