The black drink was prepared by special village officials and served in large communal cups, frequently made of whelk shell.

"Wampum" is a Wampanoag word referring to the white shells of the channeled whelk shell.

I've found some whelk shells, and I think they may indicate something important.

She told about the pile of crushed and broken whelk shells she had found at the pond.

Common Hermit Crab, Pagurus bernhardus, in a whelk shell.

Otter Mound's signature man-made feature is the many terraced garden plots created with thousands of whelk shells.

The Montauketts had a thriving wampum (made from whelk shells on the East Hampton beaches) trade Connecticut tribes.

We saw marooned horseshoe crabs, sea dollars and knobbed whelk shells galore, but the only crawl was from a few days before.

Made of whelk shells, the beads are small cylinders, about a half-inch long and about as wide as a pencil in diameter, with a hole drilled inside.

Not a true crab, they uses other animals' old shells for protection; they especially like old whelk shells.