A tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell has been named after the painter Pablo Picasso. Researchers who discovered the three-millimetre creature say they came up with the name because when ...

Snails seem like slow, unassuming animals until you meet the cone snail. This mollusk packs a punch as one of the most ...

All mollusks build their own shells, whether they live in water or on land. Creatures like snails, clams, oysters and mussels use an organ called a mantle to secrete layers of calcium carbonate ...

The creatures live in holes in wood at the bottom of the ocean ... Check out our stories here. The shells of the mussel are “highly elongated” with an “elliptical shape” between 0.36 and 0.52 inches ...