The volunteer group believes this one to be from a lightning whelk.
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They do this by inserting the narrow end of their shell between the two.
Whelks lay their eggs in a long spiral shaped casing that can reach up to 33 inches in length.
But the whelk s shell is specifically adapted to pry clam shells apart.
Seashell egg casings often wash up on the beach or shoreline.
This is the egg case of the channeled whelk busycotypus canaliculatus.
Note how the edge of each capsule is flattened like a sturdy coin.
Prehistoric lightning whelk shell 9 l x 6 w x 5 h.
Some of these egg cases may even have embryonic creatures still inside.
The strand contains up to 200 small pouches and each pouch contains up to 99 eggs.
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When a creature has emerged from its egg the remains of the egg case often gets washed up onto our beaches.
Baby knobbed whelks from the above egg case.
Many times if winds are stronger the egg case will not have hatched yet and each packet on inspection will contain a number of real tiny baby seashell.
But high on the wrack line there are still so many lightning whelk egg.
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It s my favorite time of day to walk the beach so low tide is.
Most likely if you found the lightning whelk egg casing you were along the gulf of mexico.
It makes me so happy when sanibel low tides are in the evenings.
Each shell has such a unique case that people often wonder which shell developed the shell egg casing.
The other options are either the channel whelk or knobby whelk.
Whelks feed mainly on bivalves which they are uniquely adapted to open if you ve ever tried to pry open a living quahog or other clam with your hands you already know this is not an easy feat.
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If you look at the packets and see a tiny hole in it then the shells have.
This is actually a whelk egg casing.
Note how the edges of each individual capsule comes together as if pinched giving each capsule a sharp edge.
If you can see a tiny shark or a tiny ray moving in cases like the ones on the left take them to your local aquarium who may be very interested in seeing if they can be brought to the point of.
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