I had a hard time identifying this. It's either a Knobbed Whelk or some kind of conch. Probably a knobbed whelk. By the way, there is a way to help identify these things. There are two main kinds of whelks around here, knobbed whelks, and lightning whelks. If you turn some unknown whelk on its "back", then you will see the opening is on a particular side. Knobbed Whelks have the opening on the right side, while Lighting Whelks have it on the left. See how that eliminates Lightning Whelks as a candidate for this shells' identification? Hope that makes that clear. As I've said, I'm bad at condensing. Just type in knobbed or lightning whelk in the google image search engine, and you'll see what I mean. :)
P.s. I pronounce it conch, like a Northerner. Not conk. (It can be pronounced either way.)
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