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

Of all the flora and fauna in the region, snails are not one I think about very often. On hikes, they fall into the “just” ...

The candy cane snail (Liguus virgineus) is possibly the most colorful gastropod in the world. Sporting a white, conical shell decorated with distinctive rainbow-colored stripes, the charismatic ...

She is a gastropod — the family that includes snails, slugs and whelks — and was recently discovered as a new species. Semisulcospira egretta, named after the city bird of Xiamen, the egret, was ...

In the present study, researchers analyzed the 28 mineral elements present in the edible part as well as the shell of edible Gastropod land snails. Edible snail samples were obtained from various ...

If you thought human birth was seriously twisted, get a load of the Mount Augustus snail from New Zealand. This giant ...

Although Mesozoic gastropod shell architecture and diversity have been well studied, changes in gastropod functional diversity have not yet been directly evaluated using trait-based approaches. Here ...

Original publication: Wolkenstein, K. et al. Detection of intact polyene pigments in Miocene gastropod shells. Palaeontology (2024). DOI: 10.1111/pala.12691 ...

It can tell us about vegetation, climate and even human activity through time. Pollen grains are far more than allergens — ...

There are hermits living in the St. Johns River. But before you become alarmed that we have a problem with some folks living in seclusion along the river, I am referring to hermit crabs.

Land gastropods usually consume fungi, soft bark, rotting vegetation, stems, algae, animal waste, and leaves. They also eat shells, eggs or flesh of other snails and slugs.

The horse conch has been Florida's official state shell since 1969 ... Conch can grow to 24 inches long," making it the largest gastropod in American waters. "Horse Conch." Rare, Beautiful ...