Scaly-foot gastropod - Wikipedia
Chrysomallon squamiferum, commonly known as the scaly-foot gastropod, scaly-foot snail, sea pangolin, or volcano snail [3] [4] is a species of deep-sea hydrothermal-vent snail, a marine …
Scaly-foot Snails ~ MarineBio Conservation Society
The Scaly-foot snail is a deep sea gastropod living in hydrothermal vent fields between depths of 2,400 to 2,900 m. They are only known from three locations in the Indo-Pacific: the Longqi …
Why The Volcano Snail Is Nature's Toughest Gastropod - All …
Nov 15, 2021 · Also known as the scaly-foot gastropod and chrysomallon squamiferum, the volcano snail thrives in the blazing hot hydrothermal vents of the Indian Ocean. It's able to …
Scaly-foot snail - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
Chrysomallon squamiferum, commonly known as the scaly-foot gastropod, scaly-foot snail, sea pangolin, or volcano snail is a species of deep-sea hydrothermal-vent snail, a marine …
The Scaly-Foot Snail Is the First Deep-Sea Species Endangered by Mining
Jul 22, 2019 · But the scaly-foot snail recently became the first deep-sea animal to be declared endangered due to the threat of mining, according to Nature. On July 18, the International …
What is a scaly-foot snail? - BBC Science Focus Magazine
Forget the iron lady, this big-hearted, aquatic gastropod is naturally iron plated, giving it a medieval chain mail vibe. Earlier this year, the scaly-foot snail became the first species to be …
The Scaly-foot Snail genome and implications for the origins of ...
Apr 8, 2020 · Here, we present a high-quality whole-genome assembly and tissue-specific transcriptomic data, and show that scale and shell formation in the Scaly-foot Snail employ …
The scaly-foot snail’s shell is made of actual iron – and it’s …
The scaly-foot snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum) is found in the Indian Ocean in hydrothermal vents – fissures in the seafloor, often found near volcanically active places, that eject warm …
The Scaly-foot Snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum) is the first species endemic to deep-sea hydrothermal vents to have entered the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species TM . It is the …
This Iron-Shelled Snail Is Totally Metal - Live Science
Jul 24, 2019 · Scaly-foot snails, first discovered in 2003, inhabit an area roughly the size of two American football fields, and live at depths of up to 9,500 feet (2,900 meters), scientists …