A team of researchers including scientists from the University of Oxford have made an astonishing discovery of a new species of mollusk that lived 500 million years ago. The new fossil, called ...
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AMONG the Indian land mollusca the family Cyclophoridæ especially attracts attention by the beauty of form and variety in the shells. The range is extensive, and their study began so far back as 1849, ...
The oldest fossilized remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...
It’s not causing panic! in the fossil record, but a 430-million-year-old mollusk discovery in Britain is a source of excitement for some scientists. By Kate Golembiewski Mark Sutton, an Imperial ...
The inside of a mollusk's mouth is a fearsome sight to behold. Most mollusks, from giant squids to predatory slugs, have radulas, or tonguelike structures covered with interlocking teeth that move ...