Berkeley -- University of California, Berkeley, graduate student Alistair Boettiger has amassed a beautiful collection of seashells, but not by combing the beach. He created them in his computer. He ...

What is a mollusk? -- What is a shell? -- Shell collecting -- Shell identification key -- The shells -- Chitons -- Bivalves -- Schaphopods -- Gastropods -- Cephalopods ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown species of chiton, a small, armored marine mollusk, living along South Korea’s coasts. The finding shows that even one of Earth’s most ancient animal ...

Beachcombers know that seashells appear in an endless array of colors and shapes, and researchers have just discovered that this variation extends to the molecular level. In fact, each shell is as ...

A new study has confirmed that a species of mollusk, the same family of animals that includes snails, slugs, and octopuses, does in fact have eyes directly in its shell. The Acanthopleura granulata, ...

Mollusks are fabulous architects. They build houses that protect their soft bodies from predators and the elements—shells of uncommon strength, durability and beauty. Many of these shells have ...

You can see it in the logarithmic whorl of a nautilus. The milky iridescence of an abalone. The spiked turret of a queen conch. Precision, elegance, strength. The seashell is a consonance of form and ...

Scientists devised a mathematic model that helps explains how Nipponites, some of the wonkiest ammonites, built their shells. By Sabrina Imbler If you’ve seen one ammonite, you may think you’ve seen ...

Washington, D.C.-- A team of Carnegie scientists have found "beautifully preserved" 15 million-year-old thin protein sheets in fossil shells from southern Maryland. Their findings are published in the ...