Lettuce nudibrach eggs?

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I noticed these eggs on the glass yesterday. I scraped some off with a razor and took some pictures on my microscope. I have a couple of different snails in my tank, but I noticed a lettuce nudibranch in this area most recently. I tried to find photos of different snail eggs on Google, but without much luck. Hoping there is a nudibranch expert here who might know the answer.

The only other snails I've seen on the glass in this area are nassarius snails.

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Those are Nassarius eggs - Lettuce Nudibranchs (which actually aren't nudibranchs at all) lay spiral eggs. For examples:
I'm actually thinking this is the Elysia eggs - for example of Elysia sp. eggs see image G below (there are other species with similar egg spirals too):
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Source: https://www.researchgate.net/figure...ss-A-B-Live-specimens-resting_fig58_306006471
 
looks like nassarius and nice close-up
 

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