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 ...

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 ...

Records from the 19th century claim that 10,000 or more shells could be collected ... and then you had these beautiful, rainbow-colored snails hanging from the trees,” she recalls.

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 ...

Photo from Chen, Dai, Wu, Jiang and Ouyang (2024) Meng-Hua Li’s land snails are considered “medium-sized,” reaching just under an inch in length, the study said. Their “atypical” shells ...

Scientists Shell-ebrate After Bringing Snail Back From Extinction. A rare species of Polynesian tree snail once believed to be extinct in the wild has been officially reclassified as critically ...

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.

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 ...