no eyes and a radula, which is a specialized organ for feeding," Chen continues. The study has confirmed that the ...

Chitons overcome evolutionary constraints through unprecedented genomic dynamism, with extensive chromosomal rearrangements and duplications despite about 300 million years of morphological stasis.

“The radula is used by both carnivorous and herbivorous molluscs to rasp fragments of food into their mouth – hence the Latin name ‘radula’ [which means] ‘little scraper ...

RADULA movement in prosobranchiate gastropods is a factor in the predator-prey relationship of many species of gastropods (Naticidæ, Muricidæ and others) and other molluscs, involving ...

They use their radula to drill through the other snail’s shell,’ says Jon. These snail-killing snails have arrived in the UK on plants and in soil from tropical and subtropical countries where they’re ...