Assertion: whelk's shell | /r/CapableOf | provide protection
Facets:
value: from predators
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from predators like stone crabs
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Like other snails, lightning whelk develop a shell of calcium carbonate that provides support and protection from abusive surf, abrupt changes in pressure, and predators.
text: While the thick-walled shell provides protection from predators like stone crabs, it also functions as a moving substrate for dozens of smaller species like barnacles which have little effect on the snail.
text: The shells of most scallops are streamlined to facilitate ease of movement during swimming at some point in their lifecycles, while also providing protection from predators.