Sentences with phrase «small snail shell»

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The cave - dwelling snails, known as Thorn Snails, are less than 2 mm big and are amongst the smallest terrestrial snails known, some barely reaching 1 mm in shellsnails, known as Thorn Snails, are less than 2 mm big and are amongst the smallest terrestrial snails known, some barely reaching 1 mm in shellSnails, are less than 2 mm big and are amongst the smallest terrestrial snails known, some barely reaching 1 mm in shellsnails known, some barely reaching 1 mm in shell size.

The Cone Snails While growing up in the Philippines, biochemist Baldomero Olivera collected the shells of cone snails — small, tropical marine snails whose harpoonlike hook snags and paralyzesSnails While growing up in the Philippines, biochemist Baldomero Olivera collected the shells of cone snails — small, tropical marine snails whose harpoonlike hook snags and paralyzessnails — small, tropical marine snails whose harpoonlike hook snags and paralyzessnails whose harpoonlike hook snags and paralyzes fish.

The snails probably survive because of their small size (less than a tenth of an inch long, on average) and compact shells.

Ocean acidification threatens the ability of pteropods to form their fragile shells, putting a range of commercially important fish at risk that depend on the small snails for food, including salmon, herring and yellowfin tuna as well as mammals like baleen whales, ringed seals and marine birds.