so we’ll end on snails… There is a category of small sea snails called Bittium. So, what did scientists name a genus of even tinier marine gastropod molluscs? Ittibittium of course.

It’s fair to say that research into ways to protect an endangered sea snail called “Kayanomi-kanimori,” or Clypeomorus bifasciata as it is known academically, had proceeded at a snail’s ...

Toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet -- a deadly sea snail -- could help researchers figure out new ways ...

A new study has suggested that the venom of a sea snail could be used for drugs to treat diseases that affect hundreds of ...