#volcano snails

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Gastropods

Neomphalida. This order is made up of deep-sea snails and limpets, including the volcano snail, whose shell's outer layer is made of iron sulphides

Conidae. This family is made up of cone snails, which hunt prey by launching their tooth from their mouth like a harpoon and injecting them with venom.

[lovelysnailfacts]

The shell of the Chrysomallon Squamiferum is composed of three main layers. The outer layer is thin and organic reinforced by iron sulfide (Greigite) particles that are output by the thermal vents. The iron sulfide allows for protection against crabs; while most shells would obtain one large crack from the force of a crabs claw, the iron sulfide outer shell provides a structure that produces only small cracks rather than a severely damaged shell. The middle layer is thicker and dense. It’s pliable and used to absorb the shocks of pressure from predators. The inner layer is calcified. The Chrysomallon Squamiferum has adapted to absorb the iron sulfide and become “armored” against predators and the heat!

[bone-free-as-the-wind]

All hail Volcano Snail

[canisalbus]

If machete has a fondness for regular snails, what do you think his reaction would be to the Giant African snail or even a Lava snail? (They remind me of him haha)

Tune in next week for more snail reviews.

[moistkaibagge127]

Do y'all think that volcano sharks have thicker skin than regular sharks to fight the hot environment like volcano snails? Or is it different cuz the sharks are underwater and not on the hot rocks?

[dailyunsolvedmysteries]

This is a metal snail (Volcano Snail) that lives on underwater volcano vents in the Indian Ocean. Its shell and scaly feet both are armoured with layers of iron, making it the only animal to incorporate iron sulfide into its skeleton.

[scienceacumen]

This is a metal snail (Volcano Snail) that lives on underwater volcano vents in the Indian Ocean. Its shell and scaly feet both are armoured with layers of iron, making it the only animal to incorporate iron sulfide into its skeleton 🐌

📷: Dr Chong Chen/IUCN

[rqbossman]

Hey there! I have a very very important question and I dunno if it's been answered before or not but: what's your favourite animal?👀

I have been asked this but happy to repeat: currently it is the Pangolin. I hope to one day splice one with a volcano snail and a tardigrade and make the most invulnerable cutie pie ever.

[zippermar]

but here's the hisser

[science-lover2941]

Chrysomallon squamiferum

Volcano snails live in 3 different deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields located in the Indian Ocean.

These hydrothermal vents can reach up to over 400 degrees celsius / 700 degrees Fahrenheit, but the water doesn’t boil due to the ~250 atm or 3,670 psi of pressure. Their shells are made of iron.

[cryptidwithacopiccollection]

Judge?? Old man??

Here he is in all his scaly glory!!

Send me an ask and I'll draw a Mer-attorney!

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Gastropods

Neomphalida. This order is made up of deep-sea snails and limpets, including the volcano snail, whose shell's outer layer is made of iron sulphides

Umbraculoidea. This superfamily is made up of false limpets with a soft shell

[sesamenom]

trick-or-treat!!! :D

- @nelyoslegalteam

hello!!!

you get a snaildhros!

(bonus: wip snippet "feanorian scrabble")

[alwayss-watching]

what do you MEAN there was a cherry mountain meeting and grian placed mumbo's seat RIGHT next to him and he was the only one that couldn't come I was waiting for them to finally have another interaction 😭

[spearhafoc]

Andromeda Galaxy: Edzikorians. 

Edzikor is a planet covered in volcanoes in the Andromeda Galaxy. The environment is uninhabitable for most species (for the heat, lava, and toxic gasses that cover the world) but the Edzikorians thrived there by evolving the ability to naturally take in surrounding rocks and metals to create extremely hard shells. Their soft bodies underneath can contract and expand within this nearly impenetrable armour. Edzikor was conquered long ago by the birdlike people of the Shrii Empire and have been used as highly effective shock troops within their military structure, though they always return to their homeworld to mate and reproduce because spawn born offworld can't develop their armoured coating. 

Inspired by a real-life animal called the scaly-foot gastropod (also known as the volcano snail) that live in hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean that reach up to 400 degrees Celsius.