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title: "Lightning Whelk"
description: "Sinistrofulgur sinistrum — Autres animaux. Sinistrofulgur sinistrum is an edible species of large predatory sea snail in the family Busyconidae, the busycon whelks."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/lightning-whelk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lightning Whelk

> Sinistrofulgur sinistrum — Autres animaux. Sinistrofulgur sinistrum is an edible species of large predatory sea snail in the family Busyconidae, the busycon whelks.

- Scientific name: *Sinistrofulgur sinistrum*
- Category: `other` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 5037
- Wikidata: [Q22286354](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22286354)
- iNaturalist taxon: [503453](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/503453)

## Names

- en: Lightning Whelk
- es: Caracol trompillo

## Countries with the most observations

US (4122), MX (100)

## Summary

Sinistrofulgur sinistrum is an edible species of large predatory sea snail in the family Busyconidae, the busycon whelks.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinistrofulgur_sinistrum

## Photo

![Lightning Whelk](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lightning-whelk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel Estabrooks · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182365816

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lightning-whelk?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).