What are Cowries?Cowries are a group of sea snails belonging to the Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda, Family Cypraeidae, with approximately 230 species worldwide and about 90 species inhabiting Japan ...
Snails have a reputation for being slow, with poor eyes that can barely see the world around them. But conch snails defy these expectations with eyesight as good as some vertebrates. These marine ...
An underwater closeup of the Keys Margarita Snail, Cayo margarita (new species) in the coral reef of the Florida Keys. Note the two long tentacles, used by the snail to spread the mucus net for ...
Scientists are debating the classification of threatened mollusks that an Indigenous community relies on for their way of life. Marine snails in the genus Plicopurpura are sacred to the Mixtec people ...
A newly-discovered, bright yellow snail has been discovered in the Florida Keys and named in honor of Jimmy Buffet's song 'Margaritaville.' The lemon-colored marine snail, along with its lime-green ...
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