#malacology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #malacology, aggregated by home.social.
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Calling all #malacologists! I spied this adorable #snail while weeding the other day; I didn't even know we had snails in Alberta. Seek kept thinking it was an insect, and the internet was only modestly helpful. Between Google Images, Wikipedia, and the government of Canada’s “Identifying Land Snails and Slugs in Canada” guide, I feel like my tiny mollusk may be an Aegoponella nitidula? Can someone more knowledgeable in #malacology, or even #ecology, confirm or deny? Thx in advance!
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Calling all #malacologists! I spied this adorable #snail while weeding the other day; I didn't even know we had snails in Alberta. Seek kept thinking it was an insect, and the internet was only modestly helpful. Between Google Images, Wikipedia, and the government of Canada’s “Identifying Land Snails and Slugs in Canada” guide, I feel like my tiny mollusk may be an Aegoponella nitidula? Can someone more knowledgeable in #malacology, or even #ecology, confirm or deny? Thx in advance!
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Hydrochromism is a reversible form of dynamic camouflage where the optical properties of an organism change in response to environmental moisture. In certain arboreal snails, this allows their patterned shells to darken uniformly in the rain, blending seamlessly with wet tree bark.
#EvolutionaryBiology #Malacology #Biophysics #MaterialsScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/ebio06302601.html -
Hydrochromism is a reversible form of dynamic camouflage where the optical properties of an organism change in response to environmental moisture. In certain arboreal snails, this allows their patterned shells to darken uniformly in the rain, blending seamlessly with wet tree bark.
#EvolutionaryBiology #Malacology #Biophysics #MaterialsScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/ebio06302601.html -
After a recent storm, I spotted a tiny speck on the glass of my front door. I thought it was a leaf, but I decided to take a closer look...and I've never seen a land #snail this small. (I have absolutely NO guess as to genus or species...) #backyardnature #malacology
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After a recent storm, I spotted a tiny speck on the glass of my front door. I thought it was a leaf, but I decided to take a closer look...and I've never seen a land #snail this small. (I have absolutely NO guess as to genus or species...) #backyardnature #malacology
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In the Western Science Center’s current #snail exhibit “Life in the Slow Lane” our gold Inca snails (Pomacea bridgesii) laid eggs a few weeks ago, and last weekend they started to hatch! We now have numerous ~1mm long baby snails!
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In the Western Science Center’s current #snail exhibit “Life in the Slow Lane” our gold Inca snails (Pomacea bridgesii) laid eggs a few weeks ago, and last weekend they started to hatch! We now have numerous ~1mm long baby snails!
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A comprehensive scientific review quantifying the catastrophic loss of #biodiversity among #Pacific Island land #snails – revealing that extinction rates on high #volcanic islands range from 30% to 80% of total species.
#Conservation #Malacology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/cons01292601.html -
A comprehensive scientific review quantifying the catastrophic loss of #biodiversity among #Pacific Island land #snails – revealing that extinction rates on high #volcanic islands range from 30% to 80% of total species.
#Conservation #Malacology #sflorg
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New blog post!
So how does a snail that is limited to fresh water habitats spread across an entire continent, before people were around to carry them?
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#FossilFriday #paleontology #palaeontology #snail #malacology #museum #scicomm
https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/snails-on-the-wing/
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New blog post!
So how does a snail that is limited to fresh water habitats spread across an entire continent, before people were around to carry them?
If you like these posts, please subscribe or leave a tip. All proceeds support outreach and education at Western Science Center.
#FossilFriday #paleontology #palaeontology #snail #malacology #museum #scicomm
https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/snails-on-the-wing/