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Table top at Petworth NT made of gastropod-rich limestone, probably the so-called Petworth Marble, a variety of Early Cretaceous Wealden Marble.

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2022-09-26

Another 'weird wonder' funding a home on the evolutionary tree of life? The Typhloesus had a mollusc-like radula and preyed on conodonts.

https://t.co/6WBXGb6QUS

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2022-09-21

This why not find out about our shell collections and the curators who work with them: https://t.co/ERBV2CX7QO

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2022-08-15

We are happy to announce that, following our conference postponement last year, registrations for are now open! November 28-December 1 2022; Gold Coast, Australia. Check out all the details here: https://t.co/ZKZeAwWO27.

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2022-06-20

🐙🦑🐌🐚For check out these cool illustrations. —Download them + many more illustrations of octopi, squid + cuttlefish species (+ other plants + animal illustrations!) here: https://t.co/D6jWPB8hgo via

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2021-10-26

How squid trousers/pants. Non paywall version.

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2021-08-25

For Mollusc Monday I'd like to celebrate images of molluscs in Japanese woodblock - woodcut was the first printmaking I did and I loved the grain - these terrifying human-mollusc encounters are by the wonderful artist-makers Yoshitoshi and Katusushika Hokusai

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2021-02-08

2021

Argonauta argo (Linnaeus, 1758)

vern. Paper nautilus, Argonauta
pics 1, 2, 3 via sciencefriday, 4 via otchegopomogaet

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2021-01-18

Our review on "deciphering mollusc shell production" is out today in Biological Reviews. My PhD Thesis intro chapter is incorporated into sections V & VI plus review covers a huge range of perspectives from Marie Curie CACHE ITN

https://t.co/ntDQ1sgxi8

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2020-08-03

The candy cane snail (Liguus virgineus) is a mollusc endemic to the Caribbean island of La Española (Haiti and the Dominican Republic). The first illustration of this arboreal snail was published in 1684 in “Recreatio Mentis et Oculi” by Filippo Bonanni.

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2020-06-08

The World’s First Encyclopedia of Octopus and Squid! 🦑🐙—by Marine Biologist Carl Chun, ca 1910. —"While stroking an octopus, it is easy to fall into reverie,” https://t.co/xydtJdWPdA —Happy

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2020-03-17

🐙Happy —Download these cool illustrations and many more illustrations of octopi, squid, and cuttlefish species (and other plants and animals) via . —https://t.co/D6jWPB8hgo 🦑🐙

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2020-02-04

An interesting beach scene for - a bunch of snails eating a dead chiton! 😅

It's a mollusc-eat-mollusc world out there. 🐚🌊

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2019-05-13

Arrr ye excited for the Lyme Regis next weekend, mateys? We are! Check out the programme online https://t.co/J9MABcrdNS

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2019-04-29

This we (finally) have the Larger Pacific Striped Octopus. Besides being a social octo, I've heard this guy has poked shrimp on their far side to trick them into swimming toward its mouth and dressed as Cruella DeVil for Halloween.

Octopus sp.

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2019-02-12


How to identify slugs and snails

Mild, damp nights are ideal for searching for slugs and snails. Here are 12 species to look for: https://t.co/GrUdAg9f4j
🖌 Felicity Rose Cole

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2019-02-04

The star of this week's is the Banded Piglet Squid! This guy lives in the deep sea, is translucent, swims upside down, has photophores under its eyes, was voted most eccentric in his class, and is mostly a mystery.

Helicocranchia pfefferi

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2019-01-28

Happy from this little Striped Pajama Squid! Perhaps the most fashionable cephalopod, this bobtail squid rocks the B/W look and an understated brown/purple color when feeling the need to blend in with rocks and coral.

Sepioloidea lineolata

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2019-01-22