An animal that could be mistaken for a spiky fruit is giving scientists a peek into what mollusks looked like around 500 million years ago. Today’s mollusks are an incredibly diverse group of animals, ...

How do sea molluscs create the consistent patterns on their shells? How do they know when and how to change the pigment?

INVZ copy Purchased from the Dr. Frederick M. Bayer Endowment. "Freshwater mollusks, invertebrates that protect themselves with a hard shell, fall into two major categories: gastropods--which have a ...

Exceptional fossils with preserved soft parts reveal that the earliest molluscs were flat, armoured slugs without shells. The new species, Shishania aculeata was covered with hollow, organic, ...

Researchers have unearthed two fossils, named Punk and Emo, revealing that ancient molluscs were more complex and adaptable than previously known. Molluscs are one of life’s most diverse animal groups ...

Researchers have unearthed two fossils, named Punk and Emo, revealing that ancient molluscs were more complex and adaptable than previously known. Researchers have unearthed two fossils, named Punk ...