Gastropoda

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Rat lungworm disease is carried through rodents, slugs, and snails.

Moss Appreciation Week is packed with events both scientific... and also silly. Moss walks, moss talks, moss movies, crafting moss-themed Valentines, and a "gastropod derby" with snails and slugs (for whom moss is a nice moist microclimate).

The "Margaritaville" in Jimmy Buffett's famous song isn't a real place, but it's long been associated with the Florida Keys. This string of tropical islands is home to the only living coral barrier reef in the continental US, along with many animals found nowhere else in the world. One of them is a newly-discovered, bright yellow snail, named in honor of Margaritaville. The lemon- (or, key-lime-) colored snail,…

Semislugs, or 'snugs' as they are affectionately known among mollusk researchers, are like the squatters of the snail world: they do carry a home on their back but it is too small to live in. Still, it offers a sort of protection, while not getting in the way of the worm-like physique of the slug.

Approximately 5% of animal species have the ability to change sex throughout their lives to maximize reproductive success

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Paleontologists have described a new species of cyclophorid snail found in a piece of mid-Cretaceous amber excavated from a mine in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).

Most people have collected shells at the beach. Some have even started a shell collection. But few people realise these shells are a unique genetic resource that scientists are only beginning to tap into.

The RPS Christmas Crackers return for 2024 with another batch of the best video game jokes ever written.

Refrigerators have helped and hurt human health, economic inequality, the environment, food safety, food waste, biodiversity and more.

Named Haliotis pirimoana, the newly-identified gastropod species is only found at Manawatāwhi Three Kings Islands, off New Zealand's North Island.

The shells are turned into GastroPops, a treat used to lure predators so researchers can study their behavior. The students will travel to Miami later this month to test the treats in the field.

In Japan, a peculiar gastropod species was discovered more than three decades ago, gaining attention upon being labeled as "vulnerable" or "near threatened" in several government and local red lists. This species, referred to as Ka-wa-tare-kawa-zanshō in Japanese, remained undescribed until recent efforts sought to rectify this omission.

A new species of the extinct land snail genus Ferussina has been identified from a complete specimen found in Hațeg Basin, Romania.

Monsoons are seasonal climate conditions resulting from changes in wind that bring extreme drought or rain, depending upon the time of year. Those occurring in south Asia and east Asia are affected by a combination of atmospheric and oceanographic conditions. The Asian and African mountain belts in the area also impact monsoon formation. Today, monsoons support local livelihoods by providing rain to sustain…

This article studies the discoid Didacna sp. shell beads discovered at Kaylu, a Middle Holocene burial site located in Southern Turkmenistan. Microscopic, morphometric, spectrometric, and SEM analyses were carried out on the material to identify how the beads were manufactured and used. New radiocarbon dating and bioanthropological data to age and sex the two skeletons discovered in the burials are provided. A…

The nearshore rocky reefs of the Santa Barbara Channel are dynamic places, with populations of fish, mollusks, algae and other assorted sea life shifting in response to currents, storms and a variety of other conditions. They wax and wane, typically returning to some sort of baseline composition—a kind of standard demographic—after disturbances temporarily disrupt the neighborhood, and then subside.

The 'alien goldfish' might just be an early mollusk.

With summer travel picking up, broader education among the public and providers is essential