What do snails eggs look like?

I have loads of these tiny pale yellow round balls in my pots

Are they snails eggs or something else?

 

Sound a wee bit like snails eggs...I caught one in the act of laying a couple of summers ago - they were more white than yellow, and jellylike, almost transluscent.

Though I wonder if thye are maybe the slow release fertilizer pellets some garden centres/nurseries use. Are they shop-bought potplants? Are the shells hard - but pop open when squeezed? Unless they are a non-native snail egg (I have a giant African land snail pet, whos eggs are really calcified - pretty much like hens eggs, though creamy yellow in colour).

Link to pic. of 'garden' snails eggs: http://www.gardenopoly.co.uk/blog/images/snaileggs.jpg

and link to fertilizer pellets:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://members.tripod.com/~KeinHong/pix/2001-05-07-fertilizer.jpg&imgrefurl=http://members.tripod.com/~KeinHong/growing.html&h=193&w=240&sz =6&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=7jKys145-hH7qM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=110&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfertilizer%2Bslow%2Brelease%2Bpellets%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4ADBR_enGB212GB212%26sa%3DX

(Yikes - sorry about huge link - wee link wouldn't work!)

 

wow - thank you for the useful pics.

I think mine are the fertiliser pellets after all. oops They are definately yellow and hardish on the outside. The pot was from a shop bought aubergine last year. I'm so glad I didn't spend ages picking them all out now.

I do have millions of slugs & snails but haven't seen any of the white translucent eggs yet.