From microscopic bivalves to giant squid, from common garden snails to hydrothermal spring snails covered in iron scales, mollusks are organisms capable of thriving in a wide variety of habitats ...

When buying live molluscs, look for those with shells that ... fleshed mussels are female while whiter mussels are male. Squid are stocked by many retailers, fresh or frozen; cuttlefish and ...

The Mollusca collections contain an estimated 7 million specimens (including 60,000 ... Using micro-CT scanning to reconstruct soft tissue anatomy in gastropods. In 2004 a giant squid (Architeuthis ...