Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Prosipho grohae		Atlantic Ocean.	0.6 DL	2005
Prosipho harrietae		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	2003
Prosipho hedleyi		Antarctic.		1958
Prosipho hunteri		Western Atlantic and Indo	0.7 DL	1916
Prosipho iodes		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1984
Prosipho mundus		Western Atlantic and Indo	0.8 DL	1915
Prosipho nodosus		Western Atlantic and Indo		1912
Prosipho pellitus		Antarctic and Southwest P	0.7 DL	1912
Prosipho reversus		Western Atlantic and Indi	0.5 DL	1958
Prosipho sindemarkae		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	2003
Prosipho spiralis		Western Atlantic and Indo	0.7 DL	1912
Prosipho tomlini		Antarctic Indian Ocean an		1957
Prosipho tuberculatus		Antarctic Indian Ocean an		1915
Prosipho turritus		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1984
Prosipho wayae		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	2005
Pseudoliomesus ooides	Nut whelk	Arctic and Northern Pacif		1848
Ptychosalpinx globulus	Globose whelk	Western Atlantic.	4 DL	1889
Pyrulofusus deformis	Warped whelk	Arctic, Northeast Pacific	11 DL	1847
Pyrulofusus dexius		Arctic, Northeast Pacific		1907
Pyrulofusus harpa	Left-hand whelk	Northeast Pacific		1857
Pyrulofusus melonis	Giant melon whelk	Arctic and Northern Pacif		1891
Ranella australasia	Australian trumpet	Southwest Pacific.		1811
Ranella olearium	Little frog triton	Indo-West Pacific, Atlant	20.5 DL	1758
Ranella parthenopaeum		Mediterranean		1793
Retifusus roseus	Rosy whelk	Eastern Pacific, Northeas		1877
Retimohnia acadiana		Western Atlantic.	2.1 DL	2008
Retimohnia caelata		Atlantic Ocean.	1.5 DL	1880
Retimohnia carolinensis		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1884
Retimohnia glypta		Atlantic Ocean.	2.7 DL	1882
Savatieria bertrandi		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1914
Savatieria chordata		Southeast Pacific and Wes	0.6 DL	1987
Savatieria coppingeri		Western Atlantic and East	0.6 DL	1881
Savatieria deseadensis		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1975
Savatieria meridionalis		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.4 DL	1881
Searlesia modesta		Northwest Pacific		1860
Siphonalia fusoides	Fusiform whelk	Western Pacific		1846
Siphonalia minor		Western Pacific		2021
Siphonalia spadicea	Brown-lined whelk	Northwest Pacific		1847
Siphonalia teres		Northwest Pacific		2021
Solenosteira cancellaria		Western Atlantic.	3.6 DL	1846
Solenosteira fusiformis		Western Atlantic.		1832
Solenosteira gatesi	Gates' goblet	Eastern Pacific		1963
Spikebuccinum stephaniae		Western Atlantic.	2.0 DL	2004
Steye janasaraiarum		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	2004
Strebela notophila		Antarctic Atlantic	0.8 DL	1908
Tacita danielsseni		Eastern Atlantic and the	3.9 DL	1879
Truncaria lindae		Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL	1987
Turrisipho dalli		Western Atlantic.		1881
Turrisipho fenestratus	Fusiform colus	Northeast Atlantic and th		1843
Turrisipho lachesis		Northeast Atlantic and th	8.0 DL	1869
Turrisipho moebii		Northeast Atlantic and th		1874
Turrisipho voeringi		Northern Atlantic and the	7.7 DL	1985
Volutharpa ampullacea		Northern Atlantic and the		1848
Volutharpa perryi		Northern Atlantic and the
Volutopsion castaneum	Chestnut whelk	East Pacific.		1877
Volutopsius castaneus	Volute whelk	Eastern Pacific and the A	1.2 DL	1858
Volutopsius fragilis	Fragile whelk	Eastern Pacific, Western	2.3 DL	1891
Volutopsius middendorffii	Tulip whelk	East Pacific.		1891
Volutopsius norwegicus	Norway whelk	Arctic and Atlantic Ocean	8 DL	1791
Volutopsius pallidus		Arctic and Atlantic Ocean		1973
Volutopsius regularis	Regular whelk	East Pacific.		1873
Volutopsius stefanssoni		Arctic		1919
Volutopsius trophonius	Frilled whelk	East Pacific.		1902

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