Whelks are recently being exploited from east and
west coasts of India on a commercial basis for
meat export trade. Babylonia spirata and
B. zeylanica are the two species of whelks
which form bycatch of shrimp trawlers in
Sakthikulangara-Neendakara area along the
southwest coast of India and the former species
contributes to the fishery along Annappanpettai,
near Portonovo along the southeast coast of
India
