Invertebrates dominate the animal kingdom, making up 97 percent of all creatures. These animals, lacking a backbone, display ...

Clams stick in the mud while mussels attach to rocks. While clams and squid are like cousins, clams and mussels are more like ...

A sea hare is a type of opisthobranch or sea slug in the phylum Mollusca, with soft bodies, a reduced internal shell and two tall rhinophores coming out of their heads that resemble the ears of a hare ...

Every animal on Earth belongs to one of about 35 groups called phyla. In biology, a phylum (plural: phyla) is a taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. The NIWA Invertebrate Collection holds ...

For National Snail Day, museum research fellow Melissa Betters explores the mollusks’ notable nature Melissa Betters A shell from the Cuvier tropid snail, a terrestrial species native to Madagascar, ...

While much of the world’s attention is focused on the poaching of charismatic megafauna like elephants, pangolins and rhinos, a quieter, less visible crisis is unfolding beneath our feet, one ...

This fundamental study explores how genotypic changes relate to phenotypic stasis or variation within chitons, a molluscan group. Chitons are significant because their ancient body plan has remained ...

This important study advances our understanding of genome annotations for chiton genomes. It provides a solid estimation of syntentic relationships for the chromosomes of the four new genomes plus an ...

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Deep soil — ranging from below 30 cm (12 inches) to hundreds of meters, depending on soil type and region — is a neglected ecosystem within Earth’s Critical Zone. Biologists have now discovered a ...

From octopuses to snails, the complicated molluscan family tree has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, researchers report. This includes sequences for 13 new complete genomes from across the ...