If you study snails, you’ve got to be patient. But two UCMP graduate students, Jann Vendetti and Scott Fay, used time-lapse photography to kick slow snails into high gear. They discovered some surprising behavior in snails living today—and in snails that lived millions of years in the past. The video features snails of two species: Kelletia kelletii, and Busycotypus canaliculatus (also known as Busycon canaliculatum). This group of animals is so numerous and diverse—in lifestyle, natural … [Read more...] about Paleo Video: Snail shell mystery
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PaleoBios
Volume 38, 2021:
New article by C. Hickman,10/28/21
New article by N. Bonuso et al., 08/21/21
New article by N. Van Vranken & C. Boyd, 08/19/21
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