Discovered 380 - 400m in the waters of New Caledonia and Vanuatu, in the South Pacific, this predator is one of 100 newly identified turrid gastropods. These deep-sea snails inject toxins into ...

The gastropods also carry parasites that can lead to meningitis in humans. Nevertheless, the snails are a popular finger food in some countries, which appears to be the reason the passenger flew ...

Snails are marvelous but unassuming little creatures. As shelled members of the taxonomic class Gastropods within the phylum ...

Like all gastropods (slugs and snails) whose bodies are made of mostly water, banana slugs must stay moist to stay alive. To avoid dehydration, gastropods secrete a layer of mucus, or slime ...

Also known as the strange pebblesnail, the species is a critically imperiled freshwater gastropod found only at Page Springs ... care of natural waters like this spring and protecting these snails can ...

Larvae captured prey both above and below the water surface and dragged it above water to feed. Prey records included: snails (n = 38) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), freshwater limpets (n = 5) (Gastropoda: ...

But as prices soar, snails have become a protein staple for many Tunisians that can no longer afford to buy meat. A ...

Kumburegama, S. & Grimm, B. 2003. A guide to the pest and exotic gastropods of Sri Lanka. A ten-page folded guide. Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum. Naggs, F & Raheem D. 2002. Sri ...