Snails and slugs make up the majority of the gastropod family. Gastropods are the largest family within the mollusk classification, with as many as 80% of all mollusk species being gastropods. Many of these creatures have a protective shell that covers most of their body. They are known for ...
The Amazon river dolphin is closely related to the Bolivian, Orinoco and Araguaian river dolphins (all of which are found in South America); some scientists consider some or all of these dolphins to be subspecies of the Amazon river dolphin, rather than separate species. Why Are Amazon River ...
Microborings in mollusk shells, Bay of Safaga, Egypt: Morphometry and ichnology Boring patterns of microbial endoliths were analyzed in bivalve shells collected from different environments in the Northern Bay of Safaga on the Red Sea, ... G Radtke,S Golubic - 《Facies》 被引量: 136发表: ...
There are approximately 2,270 sea animals covered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Get to know 20 of the most fascinating ones—plus how you can help them.
A slug is a type of gastropod mollusk that belongs to the class Gastropoda. They are soft-bodied creatures with a slimy, elongated body. Slugs have no visible shell or a greatly reduced shell, which sets them apart from their close relatives, snails. What They Look Like: Appearance: Slugs...
The common octopus is a mollusk (spelt mollusc in British English). Mollusks are members of Mollusca, a group of invertebrates that also includes snails and slugs. Find out more about this animalhere. Common Ostrich Common Ostrich There are two species of ostrich: the common ostrich and the ...
There are about 1.4 million known species in the world. This list of animals contains the animal names and other interesting facts about them.
A SHELL found on a beach is the skeletal remnant of a dead MOLLUSK. MOLLUSKS are either snail-like animals with one shell (UNIVALVES, or GASTROPODS), or clam-like animals with two shells (BIVALVES). The two shells of a BIVALVE are held tightly together when the animal is alive. A thi...
Science may never know the secrets to memories of the California sea hare, a foot-long sea snail. But a research team claim to have made progress in ___ the simplest kind of memory a mollusk (软体动物) might form, and, with a swift injection, managed to ___ one sea snail’s memory...
The Harbor Seal is the most common of the two species of seals that breed in Iceland. In Iceland, it the subspecies known as the Eastern Atlantic Harbor Seal which also breeds on the coasts of Scandinavia, Holland, Britain, and Ireland. Along the southern shores of Iceland, there about ...