some of which exhibit features that resemble modern mollusks, though it remains unclear exactly when they first appeared in the fossil record. These early fossils, like Odontogriphus and Shisania, ...

"We can now provide a clearer picture of the probable ancestor of all mollusks, from the garden snail to a deep-sea octopus," says researcher Zeyuan Chen, first author of the paper and ...

Nudibranchs, or sea slugs, are soft-bodied marine gastropod mollusks. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute senior scientists Bruce Robison and Steven Haddock first encountered the odd animal ...

With names like “knobby rams-horn,” “masked duskysnail” and “Hoko vertigo,” Pacific Northwest mollusks may have an amusing image, but they’re also some of the most intriguing invertebrates in the ...

rodents and habitat loss threatened the snails on Deserta Grande Island, so the mollusks were reintroduced on a neighboring island that’s free of invasive species ...