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Researchers found two 430-million-year-old mollusc fossils named Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum in Herefordshire, England, revealing that early molluscs were more complex and adaptable than previously ...

A researcher has reviewed, from a molecular and morphological point of view, a family of marine gastropod molluscs, the Aeolidiidae nudibranch, and discovered eighteen new species. Molluscs are ...

The story of how animals first set foot out of the water and onto land just became more complex. Fossil evidence reveals that molluscs may have been among the first animals to spend time out of the ...

A 480-million-year-old slug-like fossil has been uncovered in Morocco, shedding new light on the evolution of molluscs -- a diverse group of invertebrates that includes clams, snails and squids.

The fossils were X-rayed to help create a 3D likeness of the two molluscs Scientists have unearthed two 430 million-year-old fossils which they say challenge previously held views on the origins of ...

If the clams could speak, what would they say? Surely we all ask ourselves this question every day. But a French startup is going further, allowing bivalves like clams, mussels and oysters to act as ...

Sarah Pitt has received funding from Institute of Biomedical Science Research Fund. Snails are well known for their lack of speed and their ability to upset gardeners. But there is growing scientific ...

The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala and Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu are joining hands ...