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The Beauty of Rarity

Legend has it that Saint Patrick gave a four-leaf clover to a group of his followers; the fourth leaf put there by God to bring…

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Craig With Big Things (and Small Things)

Dr. M November 10, 2016 body size Body Size Evolution career deep sea evolution Giant Isopod Mollusc mollusk passion REU Rex Science size size matter Snail

I have a confession. I am obsessed with ridiculously large and small things. While other children impatiently anticipated toys for Christmas, I enjoyed just as…

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Malacology Monthly: Going Deep

Douglas Long December 28, 2015 conchology deep ocean deep sea evolution Gastropod Invertebrate invertebrate paleontology malacology marine biology marine ecology mollusk shell shells seashells Snail

Sub-Neritic Gentrification For November we will be doing some deep thinking about deep-sea mollusks in an attempt to understand the complex history and adaptations of…

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Malacology Monthly: It Eats Whaaaat?

Douglas Long November 11, 2015 conchology feeding ecology Gastropod malacology marine biology marine ecology mollusk Parasite predator sea snail seashell shell Snail toxins trophic

Not all snails scour the ocean bottom for algae and muck, but some have more refined tastes. But taste is one thing, and having the…

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Digital Seashells and David Raup

Dr. M July 16, 2015 Gastropod logarithimic spiral mathematics Morphology morphospace Raup shell model Snail

My love of snail shells did not begin at a young age. This is not a story of a 6-year old boy discovering his first…

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These Are A Few of My Favorite Species: Carrier Shells

Dr. M November 9, 2014 carrier shell favorite species Gastropod Snail

The carrier shells of the family Xenophoridae are the most remarkable bunch of snails. Both their common name and their Latin name give away their…

Biology Evolution Mollusk

Sleuthing the Largest Snail

Dr. M May 5, 2014 Australian Trumpet Biggest Campanile giant largest shell Snail Syrinx

Reason #381 that I love my job I spent this morning doing this: In the last few days I have been tracking down the world’s…

Biology Evolution Mollusk Shelf

The masters of bling, carrier snails

Dr. M June 28, 2013 bling Calcium Carbonate carrier shells Gastropod Gastropoda Jurassic mantle Snail

Readers of DSN may think they know my favorite organism. Did you guess the giant isopod or did you guess the giant squid? Those beasties…

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How the Gastropod Got Its Twist

Dr. M October 8, 2012 evolution Gastropoda larvae Mollusc mutation poetry shell slugs Snail torsion veliger

All snails and their ancestors, the Gastropods, share a common feature. We people with fancy Ph.D.’s in biology call this a synapomorphy, a word derived…

Adaptations Ecology Fish Organisms

With a snail’s help a fish transitions from dying to dead

Dr. M July 6, 2012 death deep sea fish Predation Snail whelk

Like manna from heaven, food from above rains on the deep. Those productive shallow waters full of light, photosynthesis, and food are an extreme contrast…

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