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 ...

A predatory gastropod named Turridrupa magnifica was another remarkable find. These deep-sea snails inject toxins into their prey with their unusual teeth. Bioactive compounds in the venom of ...

When the researchers put the deep-sea sediment through a screen and sifted the smaller rocks and sand, they found a fossilized whorled shell, according to the study. The sample ca ...