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Busycon carica (Gmelin, 1791) Egg Capsules In Situ |
| A large female (buried in the sand - siphonal canal visible lower left) deposits her egg capsules. The egg capsule strands are coiled in a direction opposite that of the shell of the mother. Dextral species lay strands which coil sinistrally from beginning to end and vice-versa. |
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Big Talbot Island, Duval Co., Florida 5/6/2004 |
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