#mollusks — Public Fediverse posts

🐚 Littoraria flava

📅 Observed on 2025-08-18

👤 By: donalddavesne

📌 Location: Angra dos Reis - State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/381532514

📷 Photo credits: (c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoraria_flava

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

I love my little snail babies so much…

🐚 Umbraculum umbraculum (Umbrella Slug)

📅 Observed on 2025-08-09

👤 By: xavier_mas

📌 Location: Baleares, ES-PM, ES

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/356420513

📷 Photo credits: (c) Xavier Mas, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_slug

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐌🥬 Banana #slugs (genus Ariolimax) move only 16.5 cm per minute across their slime, yet serve as important #forest decomposers in California’s #Redwood National Park and #GoldenGate National Recreation Area.

A close-up #video shows one munching greens using its radula, a tongue-like part armed with roughly 25,000 tiny teeth. The #PacificNorthwest #mollusks are also hermaphrodites and #California’s official state slug.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/banana-slug-eating-video/

#bananaslug #mollusk #nature #wildlife #biology #animals #science #zoology

520-Million-Year-Old Fossil Fills Gap in Evolutionary History of Cephalopods https://www.sci.news/paleontology/eoceras-shaanxiense-14958.html

Earliest siphuncle-bearing cephalopod from the early #Cambrian https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10868-y

"Chambered shells regulated buoyancy through structures such as septa and, crucially, the siphuncle, a tube that could be filled with water or gas and is considered one of the defining innovations separating #cephalopods from other #mollusks."

Spanish Shawl (Flabellinopsis iodinea), Olive's Aeolid (Anteaeolidiella oliviae), Cockscomb Nudibranch (Antiopella barbarensis) and a few more nudibranch #mollusks Via ⁠@J.AND.E.ADVENTURES⁠ #biology #wildlife #nature #ocean #science

Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea)

#Periwinkle #Snail #Gastropod #ArtWithOpenSource #Snails #Mollusca #Mollusks #Molluscs #Gastropods #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Darktable #CCBYSA #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦪🌡️ A #Stanford led study explains why #clams and #snails dominate modern shorelines while #brachiopods barely survived the #GreatDying.

Researchers measured #oxygen consumption in living #animals to show that slower metabolisms could not cope with warming, oxygen depleted waters 252 million years ago. The authors warn that today’s warming #oceans could trigger a similar ecological shift.

👉 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260711010122.htm

#permiantriassic #massextinction #climatechange #marinebiology #science #paleontology #evolution #metabolism #oceanwarming #mollusks #earthscience #adaptation

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Asa Barber’s team at the University of #Portsmouth found that common #limpet #teeth are five times stronger than #spider #silk, making them the strongest known natural material.

Their goethite nanofiber #protein composite can withstand pressures comparable to turning #carbon into #diamond and could inspire synthetic materials.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spider-silk-loses-top-spot-natures-strongest-material-snails-teeth-180954346/

#snails #science #biomimicry #nature #spiders #nanotechnology #goethite #biology #engineering #royalsociety #animals #wildlife #mollusks

(Posting in my personal capacity.) Journalist Steve Baragona was so invested in shooting
river-cleaning #mussels that he ended up falling into the mud. Don’t worry! He is fine and our story about these important #mollusks is coming out later this week. Stayed tuned! We cover #environment and #science . Follow us on social media platforms.

🐚 Acmaea mitra (Whitecap Limpet)

📅 Observed on 2025-06-19

👤 By: larry216

📌 Location: Coos County, OR, USA

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331817636

📷 Photo credits: (c) Larry Jensen, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acmaea_mitra

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

🐚 Conus gladiator (Gladiator Cone)

📅 Observed on 2025-06-13

👤 By: chilipossum

📌 Location: Pacific Ocean, Puntarenas, CR

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330644085

📷 Photo credits: (c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus_gladiator

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

🐚 Galba truncatula (Dwarf pond snail)

📅 Observed on 2025-05-30

👤 By: mathijs_zonneveld

📌 Location: Noordwijk, Nederland

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/338614505

📷 Photo credits: (c) Mathijs Zonneveld, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galba_truncatula

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

🐚 Limax dacampi

📅 Observed on 2025-05-29

👤 By: lucasbenaiche

📌 Location: Gênes, Italie

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337538199

📷 Photo credits: (c) Lucas Benaiche, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limax_dacampi

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

The snail. The myth. The legend.

Silliness aside, I found a cool #snail while out on a walk today. Actually I'm not sure what snails do with one foot; "walking" seems the wrong word. Ambulating.

Let's say we were both ambulating and leave it there.

#snails #bugs #awalkaday #magicinthemundane #mollusks #pacificsidebandsnail

part of my collection of those alien mollusks we were talking about

#Fantasy #Alien #Mollusks #Shells #Collection #Artifacts
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion

in your collection: https://aieris.art/featured/part-of-my-collection-of-those-alien-mollusks-we-were-talking-about-eris-and-ai.html

’Kraken’ octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean

A close inspection of 27 fossil jaws from finned octopuses challenge the longstanding belief that the apex oceanic predators of the Cretaceous ...

Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/a1fsc

#animals #mollusks #octopuses
https://www.livescience.com/animals/octopuses/kraken-octopus-that-lived-at-the-time-of-the-dinosaurs-was-a-62-foot-long-apex-predator-of-the-ocean

🐚 Limacus flavus (Yellow Cellar Slug)

📅 Observed on 2025-04-15

👤 By: tomascarper

📌 Location: Alta Córdoba, X5000 Córdoba, Argentina

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329159776

📷 Photo credits: (c) Tomás Carranza Perales, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limax_flavus

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

A very small snail.

#gastropods #mollusks #snails #macrophotography

🐚 Cerastoderma glaucum (Lagoon Cockle)

📅 Observed on 2025-03-25

👤 By: twan3253

📌 Location: Azerbaijan

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314026759

📷 Photo credits: (c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerastoderma_glaucum

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

🐚 Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Caribbean Reef Squid)

📅 Observed on 2025-03-23

👤 By: nbasargin

📌 Location: Hol Chan Marine Reserve, 2 Barrier Reef Drive, San Pedro, Belize

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333897710

📷 Photo credits: (c) nbasargin, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_reef_squid

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

Love octopuses? Dive into "The WORMY Biology of Bilateral Animals" — a playful climb through the tree of life as we meet worms on the way to mollusks. Curious, funny, and full of surprises! #Biology #Evolution #Zoology #MarineBiology #Worms #Mollusks #Octopus #Science #Education #English
https://video.katehildenbrand.com/videos/watch/1114a6d1-01de-4549-9898-db483b8ffaac

🐚 Cornu aspersum (Garden Snail)

📅 Observed on 2025-02-23

👤 By: eric-schmitty

📌 Location: Cordillera, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334690229

📷 Photo credits: (c) Eric Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornu_aspersum

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

🐚 Arca zebra (Turkey Wing)

📅 Observed on 2025-02-20

👤 By: jujurenoult

📌 Location: Dibulla, La Guajira, Colombia

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329114577

📷 Photo credits: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arca_zebra

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

#Sciart for #ValentinesDay 💕:
Heart Cockles! (Corculum cardissa)
“Cardium,” Plate 59 in General Conchology by William Wood (London, 1815)
Via Biodiversity Heritage Library:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/51003621825/
#Shells #Mollusks #Molluscs

🐚 Perna viridis (Asian Green Mussel)

📅 Observed on 2025-02-11

👤 By: twan3253

📌 Location: 59JQ+6P2, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/309511875

📷 Photo credits: (c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perna_viridis

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

🐚 Glaucus atlanticus (Sea Swallow)

📅 Observed on 2025-01-18

👤 By: twan3253

📌 Location: Collaroy NSW 2097, Australia

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/300405052

📷 Photo credits: (c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucus_atlanticus

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

Otherworldly Deep-Sea Images from 2025

The mystery mollusk Bathydevius caudactylus observed at a depth of approximately 1,550 meters. It has a wide, paddlelike tail with several fingerlike projections called dactyls that may help with defense. © 2021 MBARI

#photography
#MarineLife
#mollusks

Otherworldly Deep-Sea Images from 2025

The mystery mollusk Bathydevius caudactylus observed at a depth of approximately 1,550 meters. It has a wide, paddlelike tail with several fingerlike projections called dactyls that may help with defense.

© 2021 MBARI

#photography
#MarineLife
#mollusks

🐚 Steromphala varia

📅 Observed on 2024-12-23

👤 By: mathijs_zonneveld

📌 Location: Alicante, Spanje

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331122868

📷 Photo credits: (c) Mathijs Zonneveld, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steromphala_varia

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum)

#Snail #Gastropod #ArtWithOpenSource #Snails #Mollusca #Mollusks #Molluscs #Gastropods #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Darktable #CCBYSA #Nature #NaturePhotography #PicOfTheDay #PhotoOfTheDay #Photo #Photography

🐚 Nassarius livescens (Nassa Mud Shell)

📅 Observed on 2024-12-16

👤 By: hadoe

📌 Location: Kusu Island

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/259811546

📷 Photo credits: (c) Doreen, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassarius_livescens

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

Scientists finally sequence the vampire squid’s huge genome, revealing secrets of the ’living fossil’

The genetic link between squids and octopuses may just be found in the vampire squid genome.

https://www.livescience.com/animals/mollusks/scientists-finally-sequence-the-vampire-squids-huge-genome-revealing-secrets-of-the-living-fossil#animals #mollusks

🐚 Onithochiton quercinus (Oak Chiton)

📅 Observed on 2024-12-11

👤 By: calebcatto

📌 Location: South Pacific Ocean, Caves Beach, NSW, AU

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263673205

📷 Photo credits: (c) Caleb Catto, some rights reserved (CC BY)

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

🦪⏰ #Ocean quahogs are clams that live for centuries, with the oldest known specimen, Hafrún, living from 1499 to 2006. Researchers like Paul Butler at the University of #Exeter use shell analysis to understand how these #animals achieve such incredibly long lifespans.

👉 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2497719-the-surprising-longevity-lessons-from-the-worlds-oldest-animal/

#marinelife #iceland #atlantic #science #mollusks #biology #sustainablility #fishing

🐚 Hexaplex fulvescens (Giant Atlantic Murex)

📅 Observed on 2024-12-06

👤 By: coralreefdreams

📌 Location: Riviera Beach, FL, USA

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270045430

📷 Photo credits: (c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexaplex_fulvescens

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Mollusks

🐌 In 1850, a "dead" museum snail shocked scientists by crawling out after 4 years of dormancy. This wasn't magic. It was estivation, nature's pause button. Desert snails can sleep for years behind sealed doors of hardened mucus, surviving extreme drought by stopping time itself.

Discover nature's time travelers: 📖 https://TPC8.short.gy/Wi0eMZcB

🌍 They've mastered what we're still learning.

#Snails #Estivation #Wildlife #Nature #Biodiversity #ClimateAdaptation #Desert #Mollusks #Conservation #TPC8