Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Molluscs › Tudiclidae

Dire Whelk

Lirabuccinum dirum

Learn Dire Whelk freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) moventrice, some rights reserved (CC BY)

27 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 45, February 42, March 65, April 75, May 117, June 102, July 81, August 72, September 63, October 50, November 40, December 41.
United States1,131
Canada804
British Columbia792
Washington424
California253
Alaska148
Oregon83
Nunavut5
Newfoundland and Labrador3
Saskatchewan2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderNeogastropoda
FamilyTudiclidae
GenusLirabuccinum

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Dire Whelk with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free accountHow it works