a mother-to-be holds on to the rocky substrate as water flows over her shell. The animal is about one inch long and protected by a whorled casing that covers her soft body. She is a gastropod ...

To avoid dehydration, gastropods secrete a layer of mucus, or slime, which covers their bodies. While snails have shells to help protect their skin from drying out, slugs must find other ways to ...

n. stretching out from gastropod shell. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of ...

Another study focused on the taphonomic processes affecting gastropod shells along the Brazilian coast, highlighting how environmental dynamics such as wind and waves influence the preservation ...

The animals are protected by a smooth and thin shell, researchers said. Xu Y-B, Meng Y-Z, Zeng S, Wang H-J, Zhong S, Yang D-Y, Zhou X-P, Glasby CJ (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution Gastropods ...