Semicassis granulata granulata (Born, 1778) Scotch Bonnet Egg Tower/Eggs

    The image immediately below shows the egg tower as found on a concrete block in Lake Worth Lagoon near Peanut Island, Palm Beach Inlet, Palm Beach County, Florida. It was discovered and photographed by Elaine Blum on 7/19/2012 while SCUBA diving and is estimated to measure about three inches across and two inches high. | Underwater photograph copyright 2012 by Elaine Blum

Semicassis granulata granulata (Born, 1778) Scotch Bonnet Egg Tower

Extreme close-up image of the egg tower showing contents

Semicassis granulata granulata (Born, 1778) Scotch Bonnet Egg Tower/Eggs
Photographed by Anne DuPont while SCUBA diving at Lake Worth Lagoon near Peanut Island, Palm Beach Inlet, Palm Beach Co., Florida 9/21/2012 | Underwater photograph copyright 2012 by Anne DuPont (Delray Beach, FL)

 

  

Semicassis granulata granulata (Born, 1778) Scotch Bonnet Egg Tower/Eggs

     Pictured on the left is a female Semicassis granulata granulata in the process of building a tower of egg capsules. Image from "How to Know the American Marine Shells" - Revised Edition 1970 - by R. Tucker Abbott.