Jim has decided that he will join the darkside for the Invertebrate Battle Royale. That’s fine! We wouldn’t want someone with such poor cognitive processes on our team. Jim’s attack centers on the ...

In general, among Mollusks, the mouth opens into a buccal cavity. In most classes of Mollusks, the buccal cavity contains a tongue called the odontophore. The odontophore possess multiple rows of ...

Tough teeth The teeth of limpets -- small marine molluscs famous for their tiny shells that resemble umbrellas -- are the world's strongest known biological structure. The teeth, described in a new ...

Holotype. USNM 196169, (35K), National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, USA. Referred material and locality. One-hundred and eighty-eight specimens (Royal Ontario Museum) from the Greater ...

Simple plants aren't always easy, proves the Radula buccinifera complex, formed of "primitive," small, moss-like plants called liverwort. Molecular and morphological evidence show that what was ...

Most carnivores have teeth to grasp and eat prey, so marine animals with teeth are not uncommon. Sharks, dolphins, eels, whales, many fish species, and marine mammals like seals and sea lions have ...