Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Colus stimpsoni	Stimpson's Colus	Northern Atlantic and the	13 DL	1867
Colus syrtensis		Western Atlantic.		1867
Colus tahwitanus		Western Atlantic.		1918
Colus terraenovae	Ventricose whelk	Western Atlantic Ocean.	5.8 DL	1985
Colus timetus		Western Atlantic Ocean.		1919
Colus trombinus		Western Atlantic Ocean.		1919
Colus trophius		Western Atlantic Ocean.		1919
Colus turgidulus		Northeast Atlantic and th	5.6 DL	1877
Colus ventricosus		Northeast Atlantic and th		1839
Colus virens	Green whelk	East Pacific.		1877
Colus virgulus		East Pacific.		2020
Crenatosipho beaglensis		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	2002
Drepanodontus tatyanae		Western Atlantic.	5.6 DL	2004
Engina albocincta		Eastern Central Pacific		1860
Engina alveolata	Handsome Engina	Western Central Pacific	2 ShH	1836
Engina armillata		Western Pacific		1846
Engina bonasia		Western Central Pacific		1880
Engina concinna		Western Central Pacific	1.7 ShH	1846
Engina contracta		Western Central Pacific		1846
Engina corinnae		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1971
Engina cumingiana		Eastern Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1895
Engina curtisiana		Western Central Pacific		1884
Engina demanorum		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1988
Engina egregia		Western Central Pacific	2 ShH	1844
Engina farinosa		Central Pacific		1869
Engina fuscolineata		Eastern Central Pacific		1913
Engina fusiformis		Western Central Pacific		1865
Engina histrio		Western Central Pacific		1846
Engina incarnata		Indo-West Pacific		1834
Engina janowskyi		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	2005
Engina lanceolata		Western Central Pacific	1 ShH	1959
Engina lineata		Indo-Pacific.		1846
Engina mactanensis		Central Pacific		1985
Engina mendicaria	Bumble bee snail	Indo-West Pacific	2.2 ShH	1758
Engina menkeana		Western Central Pacific		1860
Engina milleri		Western Central Atlantic	1.0 DL	1959
Engina obliquicostata		Western Central Pacific	1.5 ShH	1846
Engina phasinola		Western Central Pacific		1840
Engina rosacea		Eastern Central Pacific		1913
Engina siderea		Indo-Pacific.		1846
Engina spica		Indo-West Pacific.		1895
Engina strongi		Indo-West Pacific.		1932
Engina turbinella	White-spot Engina	Atlantic Ocean.	1.5 DL	1835
Engina zonalis	Banded Engina	Western Central Pacific		1822
Enginella leucozona		Mediterranean Sea.		1843
Engoniophos notatus		Mediterranean Sea.		1859
Engoniophos unicinctus		Western Atlantic	2.2 DL	1825
Enigmaticolus inflatus		Western Atlantic		2020
Enigmaticolus marshalli		Southwest Pacific		2016
Enzinopsis astricta		Western Central Pacific		1846
Eosipho atlanticus		Western Atlantic.	2.8 DL	2005
Eosipho poppei		Western Central Pacific		2001
Euthria cornea	Striated buccinum	Mediterranean Sea.	6.5 TL	1758
Euthria erythraea		Mediterranean Sea.		2020
Euthria fiadeiroi		Mediterranean Sea.		2020
Euthria solifer		Western Central Pacific.		2003
Euthria walleri		Western Central Pacific		1976
Falsimohnia albozonata		Antarctic, Western Atlant		1882
Falsimohnia anderssoni		Antarctic Atlantic		1908
Falsimohnia fulvicans		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1908
Falsitromina bella		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.7 DL	1951
Falsitromina fenestrata		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.6 DL	1951
Falsitromina powelli		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.7 DL	1990
Falsitromina tricarinata		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL	1951
Gemophos auritulus		Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL	1807
Gemophos filistriatus		Western Atlantic.	2.9 DL	2006
Gemophos tinctus		Western Atlantic.	3.2 DL	1846
Germonea rachelae		Western Atlantic.		2004
Glypteuthria meridionalis		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.9 DL	1881
Godfreyena luculenta		Indian Ocean.		1864
Habevolutopsius attenuatus	Elongate whelk	Eastern Pacific and the A		1874
Habevolutopsius hirasei		Eastern Pacific and the A		1907
Hindsia suturalis		Northwest Pacific		1855
Kanamarua hyatinthus		Western Central Pacific		1973
Kelletia kelletii	Kellet's whelk	Eastern Central Pacific	17.5 SHL	1850
Kryptos koehleri		Mediterranean Sea.		1896
Kryptos tholoides		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL	1882
Latisipho hallii	Shrew whelk	Northern Pacific		1873
Latisipho hypolispus		Arctic and Northern Pacif		1891
Liomesus nassula	Basket whelk	East Pacific.		1901
Liomesus ooides	Egg whelk	Eastern Pacific		1848
Liomesus stimpsoni		Western Atlantic.	5.2 DL	1889
Lirabuccinum dirum	Dire whelk	Eastern Pacific	5 SHH	1846
Lusitromina traverseensis		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1961
Lussivolutopsius filosus	Threaded whelk	Eastern Pacific		1919
Macron wrighti		Eastern Pacific		1866
Manaria burkeae		Western Atlantic.	3.9 DL	2008
Manaria chinoi		Western Central Pacific		2006
Meteuthria multituberculata		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.5 DL	1987
Metula frausseni		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL	1995
Metula gigliottii		Western Atlantic.	3.8 DL	2005
Metula guppyi		Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL	1972
Metula inflata		Western Central Pacific		1984
Metula inflatus		Indo-West Pacific.		1984
Metula lintea		Western Atlantic.	2.7 DL	1882
Metula metulina		Western Central Pacific		1971
Metula minor		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1972
Metula mitrella		Western Central Pacific		1849
Metula significans		Western Atlantic.	5.5 DL	1943
Mohnia abyssorum		Atlantic Ocean.		1883
Mohnia blakei		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL	1885
Mohnia carolinensis		Western Atlantic.	15 DL	1884
Mohnia corbis		Arctic		1913
Mohnia exquisita		Arctic		1913
Mohnia freilei		Canada		1891
Mohnia krampi		Western Atlantic.		1951
Mohnia mohni		Arctic		1879
Mohnia parva		Northeast Atlantic	1.3 DL	1882
Mohnia robusta		Northeast Atlantic		1913
Mohnia simplex		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL	1884
Mohnia vernalis		Western Atlantic.		1913
Monostiolum atlanticum		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1970
Monostiolum auratum		Western Atlantic.	2.1 DL	1989
Monostiolum harryleei		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL	2006
Monostiolum rosewateri		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL	1989
Monostiolum tesselatum		Western Atlantic.		1844
Monostiolum tessellatum		Western Atlantic.	1.8 DL	1844
Muffinbuccinum catherinae		Western Atlantic.	2.7 DL	2004
Muricantharus harasewychi		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL	1987
Nassaria amboynensis		Western Central Pacific	4.5 ShH	1881
Nassaria callomoni		Western Central Pacific		2008
Nassaria exquisita		Western Central Pacific		2007
Nassaria fusiformis		Western Atlantic and West	4.5 ShH	1859
Nassaria gracilis		Western Atlantic and West		1902
Nassaria gyroscopoides		Western Central Pacific		2007
Nassaria miriamae		Western Central Pacific		1967
Nassaria perlata		Western Central Pacific		2004
Nassaria pusilla		Western Central Pacific	2.5 ShH	1798
Nassaria recurva		Western Central Pacific	4 ShH	1859
Nassaria spinigera		Western Pacific		1965
Nassaria thalassomeli		Western Central Pacific		2007
Nassaria thesaura		Western Central Pacific		2007
Neoberingius frielei		Western Central Pacific		1895
Neobuccinum eatoni		Antarctic.	8 DL	1875
Neptunea amianta		Antarctic.		1890
Neptunea antiqua	Red whelk	Northeast Atlantic		1758
Neptunea arthritica	Neptune whelk	Northwest Pacific	9.4 TL	1857
Neptunea beringiana		Northwest Pacific		1848
Neptunea borealis		Arctic		1850
Neptunea communis		Northeast Pacific and Arc	12.3 DL	1848
Neptunea decemcostata		Northwest Atlantic.		1826
Neptunea denselirata		Arctic		1901
Neptunea despecta	Rejected neptune	Arctic and Northern Atlan	11 DL	1758
Neptunea eulimata		Arctic and Northern Atlan		1907
Neptunea heros	Northern neptune	Arctic, Northern Pacific		1850
Neptunea insularis		Arctic, Northern Pacific		1895
Neptunea intersculpta		Arctic		1899
Neptunea ithia		Arctic		1891
Neptunea lyrata	Lyre whelk	Western Atlantic Ocean, N	16.5 SHH	1791
Neptunea mcleani		Western Atlantic Ocean, N		2020
Neptunea middendorffiana		Arctic. Presense in North		1959
Neptunea oncodes		Arctic. Presense in North		1907
Neptunea phoenicea	Phoenician whelk	Northeast Pacific	11 SHH	1891
Neptunea pribiloffensis	Pribilof whelk	East Pacific.		1919
Neptunea smirnia	Smirnia whelk	Eastern Pacific	11 NG	1919
Neptunea tabulata	Tabled whelk	Eastern Pacific.	11 NG	1863
Neptunea varicifera		Eastern Pacific.		1907
Neptunea ventricosa	Fat whelk	Arctic and Eastern Pacifi		1791
Neptunea vinosa	Wine whelk	East Pacific.		1919
Parabuccinum bisculptum		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.5 DL	1990
Parabuccinum eltanini		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.6 DL	1990
Parabuccinum polyspeira		Southeast Pacific and Wes	1.5 DL	1990
Parabuccinum rauscherti		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.0 DL	2000
Paradoxa confirmata		Eastern Central Atlantic		1990
Paradoxa thomensis		Eastern Central Atlantic		1990
Pararetifusus dedonderi		Western Central Pacific		2001
Pareuthria atrata		Western Central Pacific		1881
Pareuthria candidata		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL	1889
Pareuthria cerealis		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.9 DL	1885
Pareuthria fuscata		Southeast Pacific and Sou	4.2 DL	1789
Pareuthria innocens		Antarctic Indian Ocean	0.8 DL	1907
Pareuthria janseni		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.9 DL	1905
Pareuthria magellanica		Western Atlantic.	3.3 DL	1849
Pareuthria michaelseni		Southeast Pacific and Sou	2.5 DL	1905
Pareuthria paessleri		Southeast Pacific and Wes	1 DL	1905
Pareuthria philippii		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1905
Pareuthria plicatula		Western Atlantic and Indo	0.8 DL	1912
Pareuthria plumbea		Southeast Pacific and Sou	2.4 DL	1844
Pareuthria powelli		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.8 DL	1977
Pareuthria regulus		Antarctic Pacific		1882
Pareuthria ringei		Southeast Pacific and Sou	2.2 DL	1905
Pareuthria valdiviae		Southeast Pacific		1925
Pareuthria venustula		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1951
Parficulina problematica		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.7 DL	1951
Parviphos adelus		Western Atlantic	1.7 DL	1942
Phaenomenella nicoi		Western Central Pacific		2020
Phaenomenella samadiae		Western Central Pacific		2020
Phos blainvillei		Western Central Pacific		1832
Phos cyanostoma		Western Central Pacific		1851
Phos dumalis		Eastern Central Pacific		1851
Phos hirasei		Indo-Pacific.	4 ShH	1913
Phos nodicostatus		Western Central Pacific		1851
Phos roseatus	Rosy phos	Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH	1844
Phos sculptilis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1886
Phos senticosus	Common Pacific phos	Indo-West Pacific		1758
Phos temperatus		Western Central Pacific		2005
Phos textiles		Western Central Pacific		1851
Phos textilis		Western Pacific.	1.5 ShH	1855
Phos textum	Woven Pacific phos	Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1791
Phos vandenberghi		Western Central Pacific		2005
Pisania bernardoi		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL	1998
Pisania crenilabrum		Western Central Pacific		1855
Pisania decollata		Eastern Central Pacific		1833
Pisania fasciculata	Banded pisania	Central Pacific.	3.5 ShH	1846
Pisania gracilis		Western Central Pacific		1846
Pisania hedleyi		Southwest Pacific	6.2 DL	1912
Pisania ignea		Western Central Pacific		1791
Pisania iostomus		Western Central Pacific		1834
Pisania jenningsi		Western Central Pacific		1966
Pisania lannumi		Western Central Pacific		1950
Pisania pusio	Miniature trumpet triton	Atlantic Ocean.	4.8 DL	1758
Pisania striata		Mediterranean Sea.	3 TL	1791
Pisania sugimotoi		Western Central Pacific		1968
Pisania tritonoides		Western Central Pacific		1846
Pisania truncata		Western Central Pacific		1844
Pollia auritula	Gaudy cantharus	Western Atlantic Ocean.		1807
Pollia dorbignyi		Western Indian Ocean and	3 TL	1826
Pollia fumosa	Whelk	Pacific Ocean.		1817
Pollia karinae		Western Atlantic.	2.3 DL	1959
Pollia limbata		Western Atlantic.		1844
Pollia mollis		Western Central Pacific		1860
Pollia scabra		Mediterranean Sea.		1892
Pollia scacchiana		Mediterranean Sea.		1844
Pollia subrubiginosa		Mediterranean Sea.		1879
Pollia subrubiginosus		Indo-West Pacific		1879
Pollia tincta	Tinted cantharus	Western Atlantic Ocean.		1846
Pollia undosa	Waved goblet	Indo-Pacific.	4 ShH	1758
Pollia vicdani		Western Central Pacific		1984
Preangeria dentata		Western Central Pacific		1911
Probuccinum angulatum		Western Atlantic and Indi	1.0 DL	1951
Probuccinum costatum		Antarctic.	1.4 DL	1912
Probuccinum delicatulum		Western Atlantic.	2.1 DL	1951
Probuccinum tenerum		Indo-Pacific, Western Atl	2.6 DL	1907
Prodotia billeheusti		Western Central Pacific		1853
Prodotia gracilis		Western Central Pacific		1846
Prodotia iostoma		Pacific Ocean.		1834
Proneptunea duplicarinata		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL	1951
Proneptunea fenestrata		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1951
Proneptunea rufa		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1984
Proneptunea subfenestrata		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1984
Prosipho amiantus		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1984
Prosipho antarctidis		Southeast Pacific, Southw	1.2 DL	1903
Prosipho astrolabiensis		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1908
Prosipho aurora		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1916
Prosipho chordatus		Southwest Atlantic and An	0.9 DL	1908
Prosipho contrarius		Western Atlantic and Indo	0.6 DL	1912
Prosipho crassicostatus		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1907
Prosipho elongatus		Western Atlantic and Indo	1.5 DL	1912
Prosipho enricoi		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	2004
Prosipho glacialis		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1912

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