#Molluscs

[vexwerewolf]

Being autistic is weird because I think I'd be entirely entirely immune to the maddening effects of witnessing an Elder God but learning that barnacles are arthropods rather than molluscs nearly gave me an existential crisis

[heartnosekid]

the dusky nembrotha (nembrotha kabaryana) | source

[patheticmosasaur1]

something I love about the world is that no matter how obscure or uninteresting an animal is, there's always least one person who cherishes it and loves it so much

for example, I have a strong obsession with this random squid called sandalops melancholicus

this is probably the most boring and generic cranchiid squid, but it is so beautiful to me in a way that I can never describe

every other cranchiid squid has something cool going for it; cranchia scabra has weird denticles kinda like a shark, leachia has a ring of lights around its eyes unlike any other squid, the colossal squid is the colossal squid etc.

but sandalops? sandalops doesn't have anything cool going for it. it either loses most of its suckers if it's a male or loses its tentacles if it's a female

but I still love it so much. I don't fully know why, but it is just so amazing and relatable

don't worry sandalops, you're better than all of them

[zegalba]

The Alabaster Nudibranch is a soft-bodied marine mollusc indigenous to the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

[amagicalmoonlight]

I LOVE MOLLUSKS!!! MOLLUSKS LOVERS RISE UP!!! 🦑🐌🦪🐙

[everydaylouie]

malacologist

[arthistoryanimalia]

#Snails for a slow Sunday:

Jeanne Bieruma Oosting (Dutch, 1898–1994)

The Snails, n.d. (donated by artist in 1983)

Color linocut on Japanese paper, H 612 x W 830 mm

Rijksmuseum RP-P-1983-351

[hellsitegenetics]

I’m a biology teacher, and we just finished our genetics chapter. I mentioned your blog to some of my students, and they asked if they could submit their own questions to your blog to see what animal they got. I’m so sorry if you have a random influx of 15 y/os in your inbox.

String identified: ’ a g tac, a t gtc cat. t g t tt, a t a t c t t t t g t at aa t gt. ’ a a a / .

Closest match: Patella vulgata genome assembly, chromosome: 1 Common name: Common European Limpet

(image source)

[feather-bone]

Creature spotlight: molluiscs

IDs in alt text - how many can you guess? :-)

This is a collection of creatures originally drawn for my sticker club. Learn more and see more of my work here!

[caleod]

22-5-24

[gawki]

Wield a tiny trident!

[heartnosekid]

the glass octopus (vitreledonella richardi) | source

[geosesarma]

The Animal Ever. You Love The Animal

Please Look At The Most Animal. It Is Looking At You

[myxomycota]

snail eating a Stemonitis slime mold

by Barry Webb

[patheticmosasaur1]

today's invertebrate................pterotrachea coronata

the wunderful and sophisticated pterotrachea coronata is a snail with an uncomfortably vast knowledge on eyes

he can tell you everything that there is to the funny round light sensing organ, including information that isn't meant to be heard by mortal ears! for example, did you know that the eye is actually its own separate organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship with your brain?

if you ever need to dissect an eyeball or prepare one for guests I very much recommend calling him

glorpiness rating: worm off a string????????

photographed by Kostas Aristeidou (aristeidou) link to original photo. also creative commons 4.0

still mixed on the text placement. this description looks better with the image above but I don't like how the glorpiness rating is under the image. it's very important that it stays above the image. also I don't know how I would include the source without 'interfering (???)' with the description. I'll figure out a way I suppose

[snototter]

A shelled slug (Testacella haliotidea) in the UK. Members of this slug family have a small vestigal shell located on the rear of the body. Shelled slugs are predatory, and their diet is composed mainly of earthworms.

by Will Atkins