14K views · 251 reactions | Portrait of a snail. ⁠ ⁠ Known as babysitter snails (Neptunea sp.), these marvelous marine mollusks lay their eggs in twisting towers and then sit on top of their spire of spawn until the babies hatch. Once the eggs hatch, the adult falls off of its spectacular structure and eventually dies. | MBARI | Facebook

Don’t throw these out, they’re babies! Moon snails lay their eggs in collars, which look similar to the end of plungers but they’re in fact tiny little baby marine snails. These sandy, spiral-shaped structures are created as the snail burrows into the sand and forms a gelatinous, spiral-shaped collar around its shell, depositing thousands of eggs. This collar then hardens into a sand-mucus matrix, providing protection and a stable environment for the developing embryos. Many people have mistaken

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