Sure this is a terrestrial snail and this is a marine blog. But c’mon I’m a malacologist and snails and dubstep are a natural pairing
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By Dr. M, on  March 29th, 2013  One comment  Mollusk, Pictures and Movies  Dubstep, Mollusca, parody, sail By Dr. M, on September 25th, 2012 Leave a comment Adaptations, Organisms apoptosis, bivalve, Environmental Sciences, genome, heat shock, Mollusca, mollusk, oyster, protein, shell, stress Starting around 540 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion many animal phyla, including the freshest of them all—bivalves, came into existence. Within ~100 million years, bivalves gained gills modified to filter feed, siphons to better breath, and a muscular foot to bury themselves into the sediment. However, for the last ~400 million years . . . → Read More: Can Bivalves Kick It? Yes they can!
By Dr. M, on May 8th, 2011 One comment Carnivals & Link Love, Cephalopods, Organisms, Pictures and Movies, Reviews Echinodermata, illustration, Mollusca BibliOdyssey is always full eclectic book art. Just what you need to achieve your geek fix for today. Behold the illustrations from ’Dictionnaire Classique Des Sciences Naturelles’ [1853] by PAJ Drapiez. Drapiez’s ‘Dictionnaire Classique Des Sciences Naturelles’ is ostensibly an homage to the evolving scientific literature of the Enlightenment and the author was . . . → Read More: The Kingdoms of Science
By Dr. M, on November 26th, 2010 One comment Adaptations, Cephalopods, Uncategorized flying, jet propulsion, jetting, mantle, Mollusca, mollusk, siphon, squid At bookofjoe there is a nice write up about squid flying out of water. The 2004 paper’s authors argue that “gliding” is too passive a term to describe what squid do when they leave the ocean for the air: “flight” is more fitting. “From our observations it seemed like squid engage in behaviors to . . . → Read More: Leaping Squid
[Update 19 Aug 17:20: Sofia sent me a photo of the liter o' Clione and I have added it below. BEHOLD THE GLORY.] Number 2 in my series of posts from my tall ship cruise from Hawaii to California this summer. I never, ever get tired of putting a zooplankton net in the water and . . . → Read More: Attack of the “Sea Angel” Pteropods!!!
By Kevin Zelnio, on August 3rd, 2010 2 comments Adaptations, Ecology Hydroid, Lynx Nudibranch, Mollusca, Sea Slug, Trophic Ecology Hat tip to Fish and Aquatic News. From one of my favorite Vimeo uploaders Morphologic Studios. ‘The Lynx Nudibranch’ from MORPHOLOGIC on Vimeo. ‘The Lynx Nudibranch’ (Natural History Episode 14) Last week we spent a moment making eyes with the oyster (Spondylus americanus). This week we’ll spend a moment with a diverse community of animals . . . → Read More: Lynx Nudibranch Mows Down Some Hydroids
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 16th, 2010 Leave a comment New Species, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Bathyacmaea, Gastropoda, Hydrothermal Vent, Lau Basin, limpet, Mollusca This is a new species of Bathyacmaea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Patellogastropoda, Acmaeidae) currently under description by a japanese colleague. I have found hundreds of these individuals in my quantitative collections of chemoautotrophic communities at the Lau Basin hydrothermal vent fields. They reminded me of the Patella limpet I learned about in my undergrad inverts class. Photos . . . → Read More: New Bathyacmaea
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 10th, 2010 8 comments Opinion & Editorial Arthropoda, Google Fight, Invertebrate Wars, Mollusca Sam over at Oceanographer’s Choice knows what is up. There really is no way anything other than a member of the Arthropoda could even be considered the most awesomest invert on the scene. I mean there is a WHOLE BLOG on Arthropoda full of awesomsauce. I don’t see a Mollusca blog out there… Just sayin’. . . . → Read More: Even Tiny Copepods Are More Awesome Than a Slimey Mollusc
By Kevin Zelnio, on October 1st, 2009 2 comments Uncategorized Cratena pilata, Duke Marine Lab, Gastropoda, Mollusca, Nudibranch, Wood David is a graduate student in my lab. He wants to know what types of animals colonize wood and whale bones in the deep sea and if we can find similar critters in shallow waters using the same substrates. He brought in some wood slabs he hung off the docks the other day and, naturally, . . . → Read More: A Nudi on David’s Wood
By Dr. M, on March 16th, 2009 3 comments Carnivals & Link Love, Scientist! deep sea, Giant Isopod, Giant Squid, Mollusca, Organisms, Research, Seamount, submarine, webpage My new personal research website is now up. If you have some free time head over and take a look around. I have everything about my research and every single one of my publications in pdf format. Some of those are great reads with a nice glass of Montepulciano d’Abruzzo on a rainy night. You . . . → Read More: New Website
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