Scientific Name: Telescopium telescopium
Common Name Mud Whelk
Other Names: Long Bums
Distribution: North West, Northern And North Eastern Australia tidal mudflats
Field Notes: Found on the mud flats just below the high tide mark. The shell is a distinctive cone shape. The inside whelk will often retreat inside the shell when disturbed. The inside of the shell is a purple-perl colour.
Uses: The inside whelk is edible and can be cooked by roasting on coals and breaking the shell with a rock. The easiest method of cooking is poking the shell, point first into the hot coals to steam the inside muscle inside the shell. It should after some time come out of the shell partly when done. The twisted green whelk inside tastes similar to common mussels.
The extracted raw innard are often used for bait by aboriginal people. Discarded shells are reused by hermit crabs.
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Common Name Mud Whelk
Other Names: Long Bums
Distribution: North West, Northern And North Eastern Australia tidal mudflats
Field Notes: Found on the mud flats just below the high tide mark. The shell is a distinctive cone shape. The inside whelk will often retreat inside the shell when disturbed. The inside of the shell is a purple-perl colour.
Uses: The inside whelk is edible and can be cooked by roasting on coals and breaking the shell with a rock. The easiest method of cooking is poking the shell, point first into the hot coals to steam the inside muscle inside the shell. It should after some time come out of the shell partly when done. The twisted green whelk inside tastes similar to common mussels.
The extracted raw innard are often used for bait by aboriginal people. Discarded shells are reused by hermit crabs.
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