Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Malacology Monthly: It Eats Whaaaat?

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 tool to get that food is what gastropods do best.  Snails have a unique tooth-studded tongue – the radula – that natural selection has warped into a wide variety of specialized […]

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