A researcher has reviewed, from a molecular and morphological point of view, a family of marine gastropod molluscs, the Aeolidiidae nudibranch, and discovered eighteen new species. Molluscs are ...

Nic Rawlence receives funding from the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund. Kerry Walton does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...

Aim The goals of this study were to: (1) compare water conductivity and pH as proxy measures of mineral richness in relation to mollusc assemblages in fens, (2) examine the patterns of mollusc species ...

A new study reveals that there are many ways bivalves bore through solid rock, but a lack of habitat may lock them into an evolutionary dead end. Despite their name, boring bivalves are much more ...

Among biologists, Cuba is famous for its diversity of molluscs with some 3,000 species, including the fact that over 90 percent of its land snails live no-were else. Given this, it’s not surprising ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined today that 26 species of Pacific Northwest snails and slugs may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. This 90-day finding ...

A 480-million-year-old slug-like fossil has been uncovered in Morocco, shedding new light on the evolution of molluscs -- a diverse group of invertebrates that includes clams, snails and squids.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract (1) Pisidium subtruncatum and P. nitidum were the common species of this genus at Tarrant Rushton. There was a similarity in the seasonal ...

For a small number of animals, reproduction marks a biological endpoint rather than a stage in an ongoing life cycle. Death ...

In deep-sea hot vents along a chain of underwater volcanoes, a small creature glitters on the seafloor. Cristian Palmer via Unsplash In the darkest depths of the Pacific Ocean, small “oases” host ...

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