Gastropod eggs from B.C.

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

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?

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

/Bent

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

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.

Thanks Tom;

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

Marli

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