The mystery mollusks are hermaphrodites, which include both male and female reproductive organs. When it is time to release eggs, they descend and use their foot to temporarily attach to the seafloor.

The mystery mollusks are hermaphrodites, which include both male and female reproductive organs. When it is time to release eggs, they descend and use their foot to temporarily attach to the seafloor.

A "wandering meatloaf" mollusk may be in the same family as clams and snails, but watch out for the teeth, as new research reveals they contain rare iron. Researchers from Northwestern University ...

What can we learn about economics, war or politics from a mollusk shell? Quite a lot, according to Geerat Vermeij. The UC Davis evolutionary biologist studies mollusk shells, and he uses what he ...

An itsy-bitsy mollusk in Borneo is the new record holder for the world's smallest known snail, a new study finds. Its shiny, translucent, white shell has an average height of 0.027 inches ...

Yep, looks like a good old-fashioned mollusk to me. - You have no idea how old-fashioned. all: Gush! - Gush, what do you mean? - Your new friend here is an ancient creature known as a nautilus.

But since the mollusk has eyes all over its shell, an ominous blur is enough warning to protect against predators. One thing the scientists don’t yet know is how the chiton processes this deluge ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Prem Bahadur Budha is Nepal’s leading malacologist, having described 18 new-to-science species of mollusks, mostly land snails, from his ...

While all mollusks can technically make pearls, only some groups make them of nacre. With commercially cultured pearls, an external irritant is manually inserted in the mollusk to produce nacre ...

Scientists identified the mollusk as Lithoredo abatanica — an organism that is part of the mollusk group, making it technically related to clams and mussels.

Rock-Munching Mollusks A Model For Artificial Bones Chitons, a type of mollusk, use their razor-sharp teeth to chew rocks to get at the algae inside. Researchers are using a powerful microscope to ...