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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 previously ...

A researcher has reviewed, from a molecular and morphological point of view, a family of marine gastropod molluscs, the Aeolidiidae nudibranch, and discovered eighteen new species. Molluscs are ...

The story of how animals first set foot out of the water and onto land just became more complex. Fossil evidence reveals that molluscs may have been among the first animals to spend time out of the ...

A 480-million-year-old slug-like fossil has been uncovered in Morocco, shedding new light on the evolution of molluscs -- a diverse group of invertebrates that includes clams, snails and squids.

Nic Rawlence receives funding from the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund. Kerry Walton does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...

The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala and Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu are joining hands ...

Prices for frozen molluscs and fresh fish rose in September compared to August, while fresh meat prices fell over the same period, the consumer protection service’s latest price observatory showed on ...

Sentience is the capacity to have feelings, such as feelings of pain, pleasure, hunger, thirst, warmth, joy, comfort and excitement. It is not simply the capacity to feel pain, but feelings of pain, ...

A research has revealed that mussels, oysters and scallops possess the highest levels of contamination due to microplastic among all seafood. A research has revealed that mussels, oysters and scallops ...