A new species of tusk shell, a burrowing marine mollusk, has been discovered in deep, North Atlantic waters by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey and the Senckenberg Society for Nature ...

Univalves (limpets, conchs, whelks and other snails) -- Dentaliums and other tusk shells -- Chitons or coat-of-mail shells -- Bivalves (mussels, scallops and clams) -- Nautilus and squids -- Strange ...

Accurate phylogenetic trees are fundamental to evolutionary and comparative biology, but the almost simultaneous emergence of major animal phyla and diverse body plans during the Cambrian Explosion ...

An international team of experts has resolved long-standing questions about the evolutionary history of mollusks, one of the most diverse zoological groups on the planet. The study, published in ...