Francis Horne, a biologist who studies shell formation at Texas State University, offers this answer. The exoskeletons of snails and clams ... on the other hand, use secretions of proteins ...

All mollusks build their own shells, whether they live in water or on land. Creatures like snails, clams, oysters and mussels use an organ called a mantle to secrete layers of calcium carbonate ...

Yet, I’m drawn to another animal. A handful of species that is neither particularly large nor particularly deep in their affinity for habitat. Xenophora pallidula The carrier shells of the family ...

Researchers also propose a new method to classify snails by sorting them into similar groups based on overall shell shape, shell surface texture, and the arrangement of apertural barriers.

For long journeys, the shell of a snail hardly ... N.asperulata, on the other hand, is completely dependent on the movements of other host snails. Without them, it would never get to the small ...

Researchers from the MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) are drawing new biomimicry inspiration for body armor design from a hardy ocean snail that boasts a shell structure unlike ...

known as painted snails, which are endemic to eastern Cuba and are in danger of extinction. The shells’ vibrant swirls and stripes look as if they’ve been painted by hand. Unfortunately ...

A snail is an equally comforting and discomfiting creature. Its ornamental shell is both a home and armor ... s” Sarah Snook), she is holding the hand of her elderly longtime friend Pinky ...