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  1. 24-Aug-2026
    Evolutionary arm race in Cenozoic seas shaped modern diversity of marine #snails

    A large scale study of nearly 700 species reveals the #evolution ary relationships and history of #Neogastropoda, a diverse group of marine snails. The findings provide new evidence for their single origin, identify four new families and reveal a previously undetected burst of diversification in the early #Cenozoic.

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #marineBiology #invertebrates #gastropods

  2. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐌🫧 The grove snail secretes five distinct kinds of #mucus from a shared #protein base.

    German researchers found that #collagen IV and @calcium work together, cross-linking into networks of varying density to give each #slime different mechanical properties. Lab work, from cryo-scanning electron #microscopy to #proteomics, unpacks the #chemistry behind each output.

    👉 arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

    #snails #biology #nanochemistry #science #zoology #materials #nature #gastropods #research

  3. Illustration by Kumataro Ito, from Notes and Description of Specimens Collected on the Philippine Expedition of the Steamer Albatross (ca. 1908).

    Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

    pdimagearchive.org/images/456d

    #aquatic #gastropods #nudibranchs #art #publicdomain