Seashell Textures MDW 1-6 Mostly dog whelks living and feeding on barnacles and baby mussels attached to rocks at Burry Holms, Rhossili, 9 April 2009.
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Seashell Textures MDW 1-6 Mostly dog whelks living and feeding on barnacles and baby mussels attached to rocks at Burry Holms, Rhossili, 9 April 2009.
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I am wondering what the pink things are in the middle of the shells?
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Hi Denzil. The pink objects are capsules containing eggs that have just been laid by one of the dog whelk molluscs.
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I had the same question. They aren’t worried about the eggs being seen, are they? A special pink!🙂
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The eggs often form extensive patches. They change colour when the eggs are released or hatch out. I’ll see if I can look out some pictures of that.
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Thank you. This is so interesting.
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Thank you so much for finding this . A great share.
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Thank you kindly.🙂
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