Semisulcospira egretta, named after the city bird of Xiamen, the egret, was discovered by researchers in a stream during a ...

The underground cave, also known as the "Shell Grotto," was discovered in the 19th century, but its origins remain one of the ...

She is a gastropod — the family that includes snails, slugs and whelks — and was recently ... The animal’s shell is “yellow-brownish” in color, researchers said. The shell is “smooth ...

Multiple cold seeps have been identified in the South China Sea and were first found in the northern region in 2004, ...

The whorled shell is “medium-sized” and belongs to the Provanna gastropod genus, researchers said. Gastropods are a class of mollusks that include snails, slugs and whelks. The shell is ...