Gastropod eggs from B.C.

[scubamarli 5]

This is a stretch; Northern Vancouver Island, quite small, each about 1/3 inch long. Any clues would be appreciated. I believe they are whelk egg cases.....

 

Cheers,

Marli

Edited January 11, 2011 by scubamarli

[AllisonFinch 7]

Those are not whelk egg capsules. When I lived in Florida, they used to wash up on the beach all the time. Whelk egg cases look like these;

 

http://www.assateague.com/whel-cap.html

 

Squid eggs?

[Bent C 18]

I am pretty sure that they are cephalopod eggs of some kind.

 

/Bent

[scubamarli 5]

Here is why I think they are gastropod eggs:

 

whelk eggs

 

They are way too small for the cephalopods we have in B.C.:

 

GPO's and Rubecens octopus are much larger and are laid in dens.

 

Stubby squid eggs are the shape of a Dairy Queen ice cream cone, and again far larger.

 

The ridges are interesting, and also differ from Cephalopod eggs.

 

???????????

 

Marli

[Tom_Kline 130]

They do resemble the egg capsules of a Nucella. There are several species in the N.E. Pacific. I have seen those of N. lamellosa with the snails but they were in the intertidal.

 

Rick Harbo at DFO may be able to help. He has a guide book but not all spp are shown with egg capsules.

[scubamarli 5]

Thanks Tom;

I'm hopefully not out of the park on this one.

 

Marli

[Bent C 18]

Thanks Tom;

I'm hopefully not out of the park on this one.

 

Marli

 

Sorry, I totally missed the size in your first post!

 

/Bent