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Unread 04/06/2009, 09:37 AM   #1
YE||0W TA|\|G
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snail eggs?

Not sure what type of snail this is because it was a hitchhiker but it looks to have laid eggs if im correct?




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Unread 04/06/2009, 11:00 AM   #2
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I would have to agree! Gl with that. =]


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Unread 04/06/2009, 11:03 AM   #3
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The snail looks like a Nassarious Snail.Nassarious Snail egg's?

Who knows.


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Unread 04/06/2009, 12:54 PM   #4
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Quote:
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The snail looks like a Nassarious Snail.Nassarious Snail egg's?

Who knows.
Don't think they are Nass eggs, mine have always looked like this,




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Unread 04/06/2009, 01:00 PM   #5
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The first post - snail is most likely Nassarius vibex, and those are its eggs.

Todd, the eggs you have pictured most likely came from the larger Tongan nassarius


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Unread 04/06/2009, 01:02 PM   #6
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The first post - snail is most likely Nassarius vibex, and those are its eggs.

Todd, the eggs you have pictured most likely came from the larger Tongan nassarius
Thanks David, and I was close to stating that mine are the larger ones, but got lazy.


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