PHILADELPHIA, March 31 (UPI) -- U.S. biologists have finished a study started in 1915, determining snail shells can significantly increase in size during a relatively short period of time. The ...

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Vol. 12, No. 5 (Sep., 2003), pp. 389-394 (6 pages) Aim: To investigate latitudinal and altitudinal patterns in body size variation among north-west European land snail ...

(1) Negative associations between body size and population density are well known in diverse organisms, including land snails. (2) Much work on this phenomenon has been restricted to single-species ...

Bold snails are built to be tough. A close look at bold snails’ shells reveals that they are rounder, thicker and more bite-resistant than shy snails’ shells. This finding, published online April 22 ...

Oct. 15 (UPI) --Rising acidity levels in the world's oceans are disrupting the shell-making abilities of the marine gastropods. According to a new study, the shells of triton shell sea snails are ...