Scientific name: Kelletia kelletii
Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Mollusca → Class Gastropoda → Subclass Caenogastropoda → Order Neogastropoda → Superfamily Buccinoidea → Family Austrosiphonidae → Genus Kelletia
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine Life → Invertebrates → Sea Snails
Like many snails, whelks have an operculum - a hard plate which acts like a door when the snail is pulled inside its shell. It fluoresces under blue light.
Kellet's whelks lay eggs in the late spring. They look kind of like oyster crackers.
