Tuesday, February 7, 2017

This spiny slug blazed a trail for snails

02/07/2017 02:18 PM EST

holotype spiny slug

Scientists have unearthed the 480-million-year-old remains of a creature that reveals the earliest stages in the evolution of mollusks, a diverse group of invertebrates that includes squids, octopuses, snails, and clams. The discovery was announced in a paper published online Feb. 6 in the journal Nature.


Full story at http://news.yale.edu/2017/02/06/spiny-slug-blazed-trail-snails

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Yale University


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