Your Pal Cal · @thecalchemist
205 followers · 640 posts · Server sunny.garden
I saw a cool snail in my garden this morning. #snails #photography #macrophotography #snailposting #nature #animals #gastropods
#snails #photography #macrophotography #snailposting #nature #animals #Gastropods
haq · @haq
108 followers · 1981 posts · Server kolektiva.social
Unwanted "help" with my fossil prep from a green cellar slug (Limacus maculatus) looking like it's in the pool on holiday!
Cellar slugs are supposedly detritivores grazing on decaying plant material, fungi, and moulds, and I wish to complain to the management because they're not doing much of a job on the mould in my house, lmao.
#30dayswild #slugs #slug #Gastropods #fossils #nature
Linda Mora MacBeath · @moramacbeath
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#AtlantaInclinata #Atlantidae #Gastropods #Molluscs #MolluscMonday finally I ended with this stage on my thesis, identifying all this snails on my samples were too difficult because I’ve never been in this kind of job before in taxonomy, but thanks to Maria Moreno-Alcántara I was able to do it because of her MSc thesis material
#atlantainclinata #atlantidae #Gastropods #molluscs #MolluscMonday
haq · @haq
99 followers · 1818 posts · Server kolektiva.social
My favourite fossils aren't records of the dead, they're fossils showing the processes of being alive. The graded spacing of the ribs on the whorl of this 430 million year old fossil snail shell show periods of faster and slower spiralling growth. Poleumita funatis, about 2x2cm. Some fossils show regrowth after damage from accidents, disease, or attempted predation. /life finds a way
#30DaysWild #FossilFriday #fossils #Silurian #WenlockWednesday #snails #gastropods
#30dayswild #fossilfriday #fossils #silurian #wenlockwednesday #snails #Gastropods
Dave Rahardja · @drahardja
984 followers · 4543 posts · Server sfba.social
When I grew up in Southeast Asia, my first experience with snails involved seeing the Lissachatina Fulica, the giant African land snail. As the name suggests, the species was not native to the area, but an invasive species from East Africa. For most of my childhood, this gigantic snail was what “snails” looked like in my mind, by default, because they were the only ones I encountered.
#snails #invertebrates #Gastropods #awwnverts
Walter S. · @truecolour
413 followers · 149 posts · Server photog.social
A young Spanish slug (Arion vulgaris) on a stinging nettle.
When it is warm and humid, this species will emerge in masses.
#photography #photo #flowers #plants #nature #macro #macrophotography #naturephotography #wildlife #animals #slugs #arion #arionvulgaris #schnecken #wegschnecke #nacktschnecken #molluscs #mollusks #mollusca #gastropods #mft #microfourthirds #darktable
#photography #photo #flowers #plants #nature #macro #macrophotography #naturephotography #wildlife #animals #slugs #arion #arionvulgaris #schnecken #wegschnecke #nacktschnecken #molluscs #mollusks #mollusca #Gastropods #mft #microfourthirds #darktable
Bryan Wright · @catselbow
521 followers · 3305 posts · Server fosstodon.org
Bryan Wright · @catselbow
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A snail shell in a child's palm.
#snails #snailsofmastodon #Gastropods #invertebrates #sunshine #photography
#snails #snailsofmastodon #Gastropods #invertebrates #sunshine #photography
Walter S. · @truecolour
398 followers · 126 posts · Server photog.social
Roman snail (Helix pomatia)
The current spell of wet weather we have here is perfect for the snails.
#photography #photo #flowers #plants #nature #macro #macrophotography #naturephotography #wildlife #animals #snails #helixpomatia #helix #molluscs #mollusks #mollusca #gastropods #mft #microfourthirds #darktable
#photography #photo #flowers #plants #nature #macro #macrophotography #naturephotography #wildlife #animals #snails #helixpomatia #helix #molluscs #mollusks #mollusca #Gastropods #mft #microfourthirds #darktable
Buglife · @Buglife
917 followers · 46 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk
Happy Monday Everyone!
🐌 At the end of last week Ark Wildlife Limited published a blog regarding the benefits of slugs and snails, written by Buglife Communications Officer, Nikki.
Join us as we share why these slippery little critters deserve our appreciation and love
👇
https://www.arkwildlife.co.uk/blog/what-are-the-benefits-of-slugs-and-snails/
#Slugs #Snails #Gastropods #Molluscs #BugsAreAmazing #LoveBugs
#slugs #snails #Gastropods #molluscs #BugsAreAmazing #lovebugs
Bryan Wright · @catselbow
457 followers · 2576 posts · Server fosstodon.org
Ryan Hodnett · @ryanhodnett
284 followers · 256 posts · Server mastodon.world
#Snails #Gastropods #Gastropoda
#ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CreativeCommons #CCBYSA
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snails_-_Kitchener,_Ontario.jpg
#snails #Gastropods #gastropoda #artwithopensource #darktable #creativecommons #ccbysa #nature #naturephotography #photography
Meuthen IDEA LAB · @idealab
8 followers · 6 posts · Server fediscience.org
We would like to congratulate our student Felix Lobemeier for being the first student to successfully complete a project module in our lab at Bielefeld University. He used P. acuta to study the research question "To what extent can personality traits impact plasticity?" Congrats, Felix!
#ecology #evolution #personality #plasticity #gastropods
#Gastropods #plasticity #personality #evolution #ecology
Plazi Species · @plazi_species
139 followers · 116 posts · Server mastodon.green
#NewSpecies
New snorkel snail from Thailand just crept in:
Rhiostoma breviocollar
Holotype: Chulalongkorn University
Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/A0126A3A-DD78-4E6A-8C92-81D086588C57
Original paper: http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1142.90097
#Zookeys
#FAIRdata #science #nature #conservation #biodiversity #snail #snorkel #gastropods #mollusc #thailand
#NewSpecies #Zookeys #fairdata #science #nature #conservation #biodiversity #snail #snorkel #Gastropods #mollusc #Thailand
Peter Barnes · @infinite8horizon
537 followers · 1265 posts · Server aus.social
#Dogwalking miscellany
A blue, #beachcombing edition.
The first image is the beautiful radial skeleton of the Blue Button, or Porpita porpita, a colony organism (when alive), made up of cooperating hydroids. It drifts in the surface waters, using its stinging tentacles to capture small copepods, but will also hunt crabs and fish.
Next is the bluebottle, Physalia utricula, well known on Australian beaches. It's also a colony organism with stinging tentacles.
The next two are mollusks, one with and one without a shell, both preying on the former pair.
The first is the beautiful violet sea snail, Janthina janthina, a free-floating mollusk that uses a raft of bubbles to keep it on the surface where it preys on hydrozoa. (unlike the others, this was taken back home with my D700, not the iPhone3GS).
The second is the spectacular nudibranch Glaucus atlanticus, Sea swallow or Sea dragon. This predator cunningly saves and stores the nematocysts, or stinging barbs, from its prey and uses them to defend itself, so picking one up with bare hands can result in a stings just as painful as a bluebottle.
Unfortunately this last picture is very poor quality, being made in a hurry with an iPhone 3GS, and with the animal out of the water so that its branching arms are collapsed.
#beachcombing
#photography #beach #macro #animals #iphoneography #iphone3gs #nikon
#dogwalking #beachcombing #hydrozoans #Gastropods #photography #beach #macro #animals #iphoneography #iphone3gs #nikon
Niko Komin · @kokemikal
42 followers · 49 posts · Server sciencemastodon.com@biodiversitypix for those (including myself) who have no idea what they're looking at—Wikipedia says:
"The #gizzard … is an organ found in the digestive tract of some animals, including #archosaurs (#pterosaurs, #crocodiles, #alligators, #dinosaurs, #birds), #earthworms, some #gastropods, some #fish, and some #crustaceans. This specialized stomach … is used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit." So, cool pics of said stones. #scientificiIllustration
#gizzard #archosaurs #pterosaurs #crocodiles #alligators #dinosaurs #birds #earthworms #Gastropods #fish #crustaceans #scientificiillustration
Javed Ahmed · @curiocritters
49 followers · 123 posts · Server ecoevo.social
The much maligned Giant African Snail (Lissachatina fulica), is urban Mumbai's largest land snail.
This naturalised species, which is a minor pest in city gardens, is also an all important scavenger, recycling detritus, and enriching top soil.
📸 8 SEP 2020 (18:30 hrs. approx.), at the #Mumbai Port Trust Botanical Garden, South #Bombay, #India.
#mollusc #molluscs #Mollusca #snail #snails #SnailsOfMastodon #giantafricansnail #Gastropods #gastropod #gastropoda #wildlife #urbannature
#mumbai #bombay #india #mollusc #molluscs #mollusca #snail #snails #SnailsOfMastodon #giantafricansnail #Gastropods #gastropod #gastropoda #wildlife #urbannature
David McK · @deemikay
209 followers · 347 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Denis Meuthen · @DenisMeuthen
874 followers · 72 posts · Server fediscience.orgHello fellow 🐘's! Let me write a short #introduction. I'm a #principalinvestigator at #bielefeld University, leader of the @idealab, interested in #ecology #evolution #environment #plasticity #aquaticbiology #aquaticecology #toxicology #visualecology #predators #genotype #epigenotype #phenotype #behavior #morphology, #life-history #fish #cichlids #gastropods #genetics #statistics #evodevo #bioinformatics #rstats #DataViz #research #academia.
#academia #research #dataviz #rstats #bioinformatics #evodevo #statistics #genetics #Gastropods #cichlids #fish #life #morphology #behavior #phenotype #epigenotype #genotype #predators #visualecology #toxicology #aquaticecology #aquaticbiology #plasticity #environment #evolution #ecology #bielefeld #principalinvestigator #introduction
sohkamyung · @sohkamyung
648 followers · 2153 posts · Server photog.social
A Red Chut-Chut (Cerithidea obtusa) spotted at Pasir Ris Park mangrove area, Singapore, on 13 August 2022. A common mangrove snail, but finding one with an exposed reddish foot to definitely identify it is not so easy.
It is edible and served as food here and in Southeast Asia. But I have never tried to eat it.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130607023 ]
#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Snails #Gastropods #Gastropoda
#gastropoda #Gastropods #snails #photography #singapore #nature #inaturalist