They would have less protection from predators!
(plato)
they would have less protection.
The mantle of a clam protects the clam from sunlight in shelled mollusks, the mantle is the organ that forms the shell, and adds to the shell to increase its size and strength as the animal grows.
If there is no shell membrane, then there will also be no shell. What comes out will be just whites and yolks. Fortunately it does not happen very often.
It would find a new shell to live in
You would kill the turtle. The shell is attached by skin. Please don't.
Birds lay normal, hard-shelled eggs while reptiles usually lay eggs with a leathery shell that is flexible.
the egg would then become poisoned
It would probably die because it is attached to its body!
a turtle
Clams, octopi, oysters, scallops, slugs, snails, and squid are all mollusks. Mollusks have soft bodies and either a 1 shell or 2 shells. Clams and scallops are bivalves, which are 2-shelled mollusks.
My guess would be that it was to weak and couldn't make it out of the shell. It is fairly common for this to happen.
0.62 ounces. I am guessing Emmychung's weight above includes the shell. I weighed 4 shelled nuts ranging from 2g(0.07oz) to 6g(0.21oz) so I guess 4g(0.14oz) would be an average.