This, of course, is less intriguing than the mollusks' new names: Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum. "The names Punk and Emo were actually our initial pet names for these ancient mollusks ...

“The names Punk and Emo were actually our initial pet names for these ancient mollusks, inspired by some of their unique features and individuality,” Mark Sutton, a paleontologist at Imperial ...

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 ...