๐ Lunella smaragda (Cat's Eye Snail)
๐ Observed on 2024-04-22
๐ค By: lisa_bennett
๐ Location: Ocean Beach 5773, New Zealand
๐ iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239732627
๐ท Photo credits: (c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY)
๐ Learn more about the taxon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunella_smaragda
(16 Apr) Elusive colossal squid finally caught on camera 100 years after discovery in world 1st footage โ and itโs tiny
A colossal squid has been filmed in its natural habitat for the first time ever, a century after it was first identified by scientists.
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/juf5w
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/BXWaS ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/152gb
Study reveals #ToolUse in tropical #fish species https://phys.org/news/2025-03-reveals-tool-tropical-fish-species.html
Tool use by New World Halichoeres wrasses https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-025-02633-w
"#Wrasses use hard surfaces, also called 'anvils,' to crack open hard-shelled prey such as #crabs and #mollusks... researchers gathered 16 new observations across five species of #Halichoeres wrasses... suggest the behavior is far more common than previously thought."
metallic mollusks no.2
#Shells #Mollusks #Metallic #Nacre #Abstract #Geometry #ShellPattern #Mother-of-pearl #Gold #Silver #White #Green
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
want? have: https://aieris.art/featured/metallic-mollusks-no2-eris-and-ai.html
#Snails are primarily marine #mollusks. According to current hypotheses, the #sistergroup might be #Cephalopoda plus #Scaphopoda (Link below) . One #Apomorphy, i.e. evolutionary new acquisitions of the stemspecies, is the #asymmetrical #shell that is wound in one direction, which is due to a #torsion of the #mantle and visceral sac.
The species in my #photos is #Cornu #aspersum from Italy. #biodiversity,
ยฉ #StefanFWirth Berlin 2025
Reference
Sumner-Rooney et al. (2015):
https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fede.12164
Mollusk family tree helps resolve long-standing evolutionary questions
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-mollusk-family-tree-evolutionary.html
#phylogenetic #evolution #mollusks #biotechnology #environment
Turbinate Monodont (Phorcus turbinatus)
#Snail #Gastropod #SeaLife #MarineLife #ArtWithOpenSource #Snails #Mollusca #Mollusk #Mollusks #Molluscs #Gastropods #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Darktable #CCBYSA #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
European Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) Bone
#Cuttlefish #Cephalopod #MolluscMonday #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Cephalopods #Cephalopoda #Mollusc #Molluscs #Mollusk #Mollusks #Mollusca #Bone #Bones #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #SeaLife #MarineLife #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photography
๐ Cornu aspersum (Garden Snail)
๐ Observed on 2024-02-22
๐ค By: catchwords
๐ Location: Tongapลrutu 4378, New Zealand
๐ iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/249292376
๐ท Photo credits: (c) catchwords, some rights reserved (CC BY)
๐ Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornu_aspersum
#Cuttlefish adjust their shape and color to suit conditions when seeking prey
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-cuttlefish-adjust-conditions-prey.html
Multiple hunting displays in wild broadclub cuttlefish https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.70021
"the #mollusks had four main types of displays they used to camouflage themselves as they approached prey"
๐ Clausilia bidentata (Common Door-snail)
๐ Observed on 2024-02-17
๐ค By: creaturefeature97
๐ Location: 06 Ballenstedt-Rieder, Germany
๐ iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/230484509
๐ท Photo credits: no rights reserved
๐ Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clausilia_bidentata
@CarveHerName I was just thinking of the people at hashtags like #Mollusca #mollusks #snail and #snails . Nothing like making the connection to art AND politics to liven up our snail content here.
๐ Phyllodesmium briareum (Yellow-tipped Phyllodesmium)
๐ Observed on 2024-01-31
๐ค By: aliciachristman
๐ Location: 84P8+87J, Daanbantayan, Cebu, Philippines
๐ iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236309812
๐ท Photo credits: (c) Alicia Christman, some rights reserved (CC BY)
๐ Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllodesmium_briareum
๐ Patella piperata
๐ Observed on 2023-12-31
๐ค By: ch_berg
๐ Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain
๐ iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202037545
๐ท Photo credits: (c) Christian Berg, some rights reserved (CC BY)
๐ Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patella_piperata
๐ Littoraria angulifera (Mangrove Periwinkle)
๐ Observed on 2023-12-25
๐ค By: jlayman
๐ Location: Miami-Dade County, FL, USA
๐ iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206858675
๐ท Photo credits: (c) Jonathan Layman, some rights reserved (CC BY)
๐ Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoraria_angulifera
I found a snail cookie cutter in my mom's friend's cookie cutters when we were making Christmas cookies so I did the obvious and very excitedly made snail Christmas cookies to go with the angels and reindeer
๐ Sphaerium striatinum (Striated Fingernailclam)
๐ Observed on 2023-12-14
๐ค By: jeffhansen
๐ Location: James River @ Brandt GPA, Oivet, SD
๐ iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237168092
๐ท Photo credits: (c) Jeff D Hansen, some rights reserved (CC BY)
๐ Crassula aequilatera (Triangle Clam)
๐ Observed on 2023-12-02
๐ค By: invertebratist
๐ Location: Otaki Beach to Waikawa Beach, Kapiti Coast, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
๐ iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204690427
๐ท Photo credits: (c) Saryu Mae, some rights reserved (CC BY)
๐ Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crassula_aequilatera
