Researchers found two 430-million-year-old mollusc fossils named Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum in Herefordshire, England, revealing that early molluscs were more complex and adaptable than ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fossil-based renderings of the mollusks reveal that both species possessed numerous spines, offering them a counterculture aesthetic that has since informed their scientific names. The researchers ...

The Museum's collection of fossil molluscs is among the world’s most systematically, stratigraphically and geographically comprehensive. It includes more than 20,000 type and figured specimens. The ...

Scientists have have discovered a pair of 430 million-year-old mollusc fossils in southern Britain, dating back to a time when most of the region was covered by the sea. The ancient specimens ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Bar-Yosef Mayer D.E. 1999. Mollusc Shells. In A. Golani and E.C.M. van den Brink Salvage Excavations at the Early Bronze Age IA Settlement ...

Scientists have unearthed two 430 million-year-old fossils which they say challenge previously held views on the origins of molluscs. The specimens, nicknamed Punk and Emo, were found in ...