For more than 100,000 years, coastal communities have harvested abalone (genus Haliotis). These gastropods, which are found ...

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.

snails have evolved thicker and larger shells as a protective mechanism. In contrast to shell size and shape, shell colour is less well understood. Periwinkles come in a rainbow of colours, including ...

The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now, footage of the ...

A snail is an equally comforting and discomfiting creature. Its ornamental shell is both a home and armor. Its glacial pace, often accompanied by a viscous sludge it leaves behind, make it a messy ...

We turned it over to be weighed and saw the egg just starting to emerge from the snail." Conservation department scientist Kath Walker said hard shells made it difficult to mate—so some snails ...

A tiny new snail species discovered in Thailand has been named after legendary artist Pablo Picasso, due to the strange, complex geometric patterns seen on its shell. The species, measuring only 3 ...