What is this thing I came across in East Iceland?
Posted by etneiewak@reddit | marinebiology | View on Reddit | 7 comments

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MuffledApplause@reddit
Whelk egg casings
vitki@reddit
That's an egg mass from a common whelk sea snail, or Beitukóngur in Icelandic (Buccinum undatum).
etneiewak@reddit (OP)
Thank you!
vitki@reddit
Ekkert mál, góða skemmtun :)
caseychenier@reddit
Are they viable or just the leftover shells?
vitki@reddit
If they are detached and in the surf, almost certainly the empty remains.
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