Undersea chimneys, nicknamed “black smokers,” belch out superheated water from below the Earth’s crust. The waters surrounding the smokers are teeming with toxic compounds – sulfur and other compounds ...
Deep within the Kairei Indian hydrothermal vent field, two-and-one-half miles below the central Indian Ocean, scientists have discovered a gastropod mollusk, whose armor could improve load-bearing and ...
The snail’s shell diameter averages about 22 to 30 millimeters (.87 to 1.18 inches). Each snail’s shell has a unique combination of stripes and colors, so no two are exactly alike. These snails eat ...