EditorialElizabeth Peeples, left, and Stefanie Bassett, the owners of the Little Ram Oyster Co., raise their oyster cages from Gardiners Bay near Southhold, N.Y., May 16, 2023. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)
EditorialColin Casey, a diver for Glidden Point Oysters, hauls in a full bag of the mollusks in Edgecomb, Maine on Dec. 15, 2021. (Nick LaVecchia/The New York Times)
EditorialPlanorbis cristatus, Print, Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
EditorialPlanorbis marginatus, Print, Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
EditorialCypraea mus junior, Print, Cypraea albuginosa, museum specimens. Naturalis.. Cypraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
EditorialConus leoninus, Print, Fossil Conus pelagicus from the Pliocene of Cyprus. Conus is a genus of predatory sea snails, or cone snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae. Prior to 2009, cone snail species had all traditionally been grouped i...
EditorialCerithium procerum, Print, Cerithium is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cerithiidae, the ceriths.
EditorialMactra spengleri, Print, Mactra is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve mollusks or clams, commonly known as trough shells or duck clams. Mactra is the type genus within the family Mactridae.
EditorialBulinus obscurus, Print, Bulinus is a genus of small tropical freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.
EditorialValvata branchiata, Print, Valvata is a genus of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.
EditorialTestacella haliotoidea, Print, Testacella maugei in the contracted state. Testacella is genus of small to medium-large, predatory, air-breathing, land slugs. They are terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Testacellidae, the shelled slugs. They a...
EditorialConus auratus, Print, Fossil Conus pelagicus from the Pliocene of Cyprus. Conus is a genus of predatory sea snails, or cone snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae. Prior to 2009, cone snail species had all traditionally been grouped in...
EditorialPlacuna pectinoides, Print, Placunidae, also known as windowpane oysters, windowpane shells, and kapis shells, are a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks which are related to oysters and scallops.
EditorialPlanorbis nilidus, Print, Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
EditorialTerebra crenulata, Print, Terebra is a genus of small to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.
EditorialTurbinella umbilicaris, Print, Turbinella is a genus of very large sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae.
EditorialPlanorbis marginatus, Print, Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
EditorialCypraea cervina, Print, Cypraea albuginosa, museum specimens. Naturalis.. Cypraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
EditorialClausilia fragilis, Print, Clausilia is a European genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.
EditorialPlanorbis vortex, Print, Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
EditorialBulinus variedentatus, Print, Bulinus is a genus of small tropical freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.
EditorialCypraea cervina, Print, Cypraea albuginosa, museum specimens. Naturalis.. Cypraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
EditorialFusus morio, Print, Fusus is a genus of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snails.
EditorialPaludina vivipara, Print, Viviparus, common name the river snails, is a genus of large, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
EditorialConus tessellatus, Print, Fossil Conus pelagicus from the Pliocene of Cyprus. Conus is a genus of predatory sea snails, or cone snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae. Prior to 2009, cone snail species had all traditionally been groupe...
EditorialAncylus sibiricus, Print, Ancylus is a genus of very small, freshwater, air-breathing limpets. They are aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the tribe Ancylini within the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies., molars.
EditorialAmpullaria fasciata, Print, Ampullaria is an extinct genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae.
EditorialAnguilla mauritiana, Print, The mottled eel (Anguilla bengalensis), also known as the African mottled eel, the Indian longfin eel, the Indian mottled eel, the long-finned eel or the river eel, is a demersal, catadromous eel in the family Anguillidae. I...