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Shells of their former selves: How sea snails have adapted to invasive predators
Starting when he was a Ph.D. student in the 1990s, he has monitored the evolution of two common species of sea ... the snails through "risk cues" like smell and hormones—grew thicker shells ...
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Sea snails evolved defenses against invasive predators
Two common snail species (Nucella lapillus and Littorina obtusata) have evolved in response to a major predator: the invasive green crab.
Sanibel shell museum: A four-foot shell? That's right and it has some serious 'wing span'
Our special video series looks at some of the more unique shells at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum on Sanibel, ...
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"Guitar shark" and snail with venomous "harpoons" among 866 new marine species discovered in ocean
Contact her at [email protected] Over 800 marine species were newly discovered ... identified turrid gastropods. These deep-sea snails inject toxins into their prey with precision ...
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Ambitious effort to document marine life reveals 866 new species and counting
A guitar-shaped shark, a fan-like coral and a venomous deep-sea snail equipped ... expedition found new species such as a limpet, a marine mollusk with a conical shell, and a sea star in polar ...