Molluscs are invertebrates that make up one of the most numerous groups in the animal kingdom. They are everywhere, from great heights of over 3,000 meters above sea level to ocean profundities of ...

Calvapilosa kroegeri gen. et sp. nov. Diagnosis for genus and species. Elongate sachitid bearing a single, large subquadratic anterior shell plate with an anteriorly placed mucro. Dense dorsal ...

An animal that could be mistaken for a spiky fruit is giving scientists a peek into what mollusks looked like around 500 million years ago. Today’s mollusks are an incredibly diverse group of ...

It includes more than 20,000 type and figured specimens. The fossil records show molluscs have been systematically diverse and common throughout much of their 530 million year history. Many groups are ...

The new findings expand a growing body of evidence that in very different groups of animals – molluscs and mammals, for instance – central nervous systems evolved not once, but several times ...

Scientists have been studying the preserved tracks made by animals that were moving around on land over 500 million years ago and believe they were made by molluscs. This is another large group of ...