Inside several of the fish's stomachs were the fossilized remains of their last suppers, including bits of insect larvae, two insect wings, and a bivalve (a mollusk with two hinged shells, such as a ...

To study the mollusk's early life stages ... his clam food was riddled with bacteria and he couldn't get the larvae to grow reliably. If he could, he reasoned, perhaps the state could someday ...

The mussels' distribution may be associated with the presence in local areas of host fish with mollusk larvae (glochidia) that feed on biological material on the gills before the maturation phase.

With names like “knobby rams-horn,” “masked duskysnail” and “Hoko vertigo,” Pacific Northwest mollusks may have an amusing image, but they’re also some of the most intriguing invertebrates in the ...

“Protecting the green floater under the Endangered Species Act will save this mollusk from extinction and also benefit ... Green floaters are unique among mussels because they can incubate their own ...

(CNN) — Paleontologists have discovered a newly identified fish species in Australia so well-preserved that they could determine its last meal — dating back up to 16 million years to the ...

Inside several of the fish's stomachs were the fossilized remains of their last suppers, including bits of insect larvae, two insect wings, and a bivalve (a mollusk with two hinged shells ...