All mollusks build their own shells, whether they live in water or on land. Creatures like snails, clams, oysters and mussels use an organ called a mantle to secrete layers of calcium carbonate ...

Because filter-feeding bivalves and mollusks take all their nutrients from filtering seawater, they are an excellent choice for a sustainable form of aquaculture that is helping to take pressure ...

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The mollusk tree of life: A new perspective Despite their ecological and economic importance, the evolutionary relationships ...

The researchers also spotted this recently identified “mystery mollusk” (Bathydevius caudactylus) swimming far from its known range. The phantomlike creature, a species of nudibranch ...

With names like “knobby rams-horn,” “masked duskysnail” and “Hoko vertigo,” Pacific Northwest mollusks may have an amusing image, but they’re also some of the most intriguing invertebrates in the ...