Common Welk, Waved Welk Eggs

Buccinum undatum

Found on the beach at Brighton, UK

rebekah.wrye.owens 11 years ago

Buccinum undatum WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758

SriElizabeth 11 years ago

Awesome, thank you!!

rebekah.wrye.owens 11 years ago

These are 'sea wash balls', the egg cases of the common welk. Each capsule holds about 10 tiny welks- this set looks hatched. : )

SriElizabeth 11 years ago

I wonder too! They were spongy and had been washed in from the sea. Some kind of eggs maybe?

Ava T-B 11 years ago

This is quite mystereous; I wonder what it is?

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SriElizabeth

Spotted on Jun 4, 2012
Submitted on Jun 4, 2012