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MOLL. COPY: 39088007981590 is 22 x 29 cm. MOLL. COPY: 39088007981590 has bookplate, gift of Alan R. Kabat. Seasonal dynamics of the number and some bioenergetic indices of the population of ...

Most people have collected shells at the beach. Some have even started a shell collection. But few people realise these shells are a unique genetic resource that scientists are only beginning to tap ...

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.

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 ...

Scientists may now know what the common ancestor of slugs, snails and squid looked like, based on Calvapilosa kroegeri, a 480m-year-old fossil Lumpy, hairy and with a nail-like horny patch – it sounds ...

A research has revealed that mussels, oysters and scallops possess the highest levels of contamination due to microplastic among all seafood. A research has revealed that mussels, oysters and scallops ...

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 ...

Nic Rawlence receives funding from the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund. Kerry Walton does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...