Our state shell is the channeled whelk, one of two species found in Delaware waters. Some think the knobbed whelk is prettier but it was already taken. It's New Jersey's state sea shell and has ...

LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. (AP) — Cooking a channeled whelk is not for the squeamish. But sliced and sprinkled over a bed of linguine, it’s a chewy delicacy in old-fashioned Italian eateries along ...

LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. (AP) - Cooking a channeled whelk is not for the squeamish. But sliced and sprinkled over a bed of linguine, it’s a chewy delicacy in old-fashioned Italian eateries along the ...

LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. (AP) — Cooking a channeled whelk is not for the squeamish. But sliced and sprinkled over a bed of linguine, it's a chewy delicacy in old-fashioned Italian eateries along the ...

The edges of the capsules of a knobbed whelk are flat, whereas the edges of a channeled whelk’s capsules taper to a knife edge. Most of the time the egg cases that wash up on the beach have hatched.

Rhode Island: Cooking a channeled whelk is not for the squeamish. But sliced and sprinkled over a bed of linguine, it's a chewy delicacy in old-fashioned Italian eateries along the East Coast.