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**SomeGadgetGuy** @SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social · 7m *

SomeGadgetGuy @SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social

Small snail shell in some nice afternoon light. Got up close with the Xiaomi 15 Ultra for a fun little macro shot. Not too shabby!

https://flic.kr/p/2qVT8EU

#photo #photography #android

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**Colin Purrington** @colinpurrington@flipping.rocks · 2d

Colin Purrington @colinpurrington@flipping.rocks

Beautiful print of Osmia conjuncta by @minouette. #bees #insects #snails #cepaea #shells #art #linocut https://spore.social/@minouette/109755706800013312

8”x8” Lino block print of a small blue and black bee Osmia conjuncta landing on an upturned empty Cepaea snail shell in gold with brown on cream coloured washi paper

Spore by Project MushroomEle Willoughby, PhD (@minouette@spore.social)Attached: 1 image Here’s my #printerSolstice @printerSolstice #linocut for the prompt “texture”. The Eastern Snail Shell Mason Bee (Osmia conjuncta) is a small North American blue bee which makes nests in suitable empty snail shells! In my linocut I show this adorable little pollinator with a Cepaea shell. Each print is 8” by 8” on delicate Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. #printmaking #masonBee #snailShell #OsmiaConjuncta #Cepaea #sciart #EasternSnailShellMasonBee #nativeBees #pollinator #washi

**Colin Purrington** @colinpurrington@flipping.rocks · 3d *

3d *

Colin Purrington @colinpurrington@flipping.rocks

Well, I just ordered a bag of snail shells from Etsy to add to my insect hotel. Apparently there are 3 species of mason bee in North America that nest in them, and one, Osmia conjuncta, might reasonably occur in Pennsylvania. Thought I'd give it a shot. Illustration shows Osmia bicolor (a European species); from Wood's 1883 book, Insects Abroad. #osmia #bees #snails #insects #entomology

Illustration of a small, hairy bee hovering next to a snail shell.

**Angus Davison** @snailman@ecoevo.social · 5d *

5d *

Angus Davison @snailman@ecoevo.social

Snails of Cuba! In the end, we found 5 species, including the most endangered and arguably also most beautiful, Polymita sulphurosa. Unfortunately, we also encountered illegal sale of the shells on mountain pass.

Why? Project is on the evolution and conservation of these snails, led by Dr Bernardo Reyes in Cuba and working with colleagues from London zoo, Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany.

#snails #cuba #fieldwork

**DerBrumme** @derbrumme@troet.cafe · 6d

DerBrumme @derbrumme@troet.cafe

Samstagmorgen also.
Letzter in der Winterzeit, aber irgendwas ist ja immer.

Heute bleibt's bewölkt, schade. Aber ideal, um die #Nematoden gegen die #Nacktschnecken auszubringen, vielleicht hilft das ja.

#garten #garden #schnecken

**Stefan F. Wirth** @stefanfwirth@biologists.social · Mar 27 *

Mar 27 *

Stefan F. Wirth @stefanfwirth@biologists.social

#Snails are primarily marine #mollusks. According to current hypotheses, the #sistergroup might be #Cephalopoda plus #Scaphopoda (Link below) . One #Apomorphy, i.e. evolutionary new acquisitions of the stemspecies, is the #asymmetrical #shell that is wound in one direction, which is due to a #torsion of the #mantle and visceral sac.
The species in my #photos is #Cornu #aspersum from Italy. #biodiversity,
© #StefanFWirth Berlin 2025

Reference

Sumner-Rooney et al. (2015):
https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fede.12164

**Rodrigo Salvador** @Kraken_Scholar@ecoevo.social · Mar 27

Mar 27

Rodrigo Salvador @Kraken_Scholar@ecoevo.social

New article!
With Rafael Rosa and Daniel Cavallari.

It has everything known about the magician treesnail - a species long under the radar.
A highlight is the use of CT scans to observe internal anatomy.

See the article at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390204501_The_disappearing_act_of_the_magician_tree_snail_anatomy_distribution_and_phylogenetic_relationships_of_Drymaeus_magus_Gastropoda_Bulimulidae_a_long-lost_species_hidden_in_plain_sight

#scicomm #zoology #snails

**Ryan Hodnett** @ryanhodnett@mastodon.world · Mar 25

Mar 25

Ryan Hodnett @ryanhodnett@mastodon.world

A Violet Snail (Janthina sp.) preying on a By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella)

A photo of a small pale purple snail on top of a by-the-wind-sailor on sand.

#VioletSnail #Janthina #ByTheWindSailor

**Joost Verweij** @joostverweij@pixelfed.social · Mar 21

Mar 21

Joost Verweij @joostverweij@pixelfed.social

Ontspannen het weekend in #cartoon #yoga #snails #slakken

Acht keer een slak in een yoga houding: Bridge, Downward facing dog, Crane, Mountain, Child, Plow, Chair, Shear

#slakken

**Plazi Species** @plazi_species@mastodon.green · Mar 21

Mar 21

Plazi Species @plazi_species@mastodon.green

#NewSpecies!
New sea snail from #Brazil just crawled in:

Voluta melodica

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4008878E-FFD3-A83F-890E-DFF6FF4BFBE1
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2024.64.031
#PapéisAvulsosDeZoologia #VolutaMelodica

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #gastropods #snails #seasnails

**Zampedigallina Comics** @Zampedigallina_comics@mastodon.uno · Mar 18

Mar 18

Zampedigallina Comics @Zampedigallina_comics@mastodon.uno

A cartoon drawn in the style of illustraded children books: In a prehistorical landscape, with hills and volcanoes on the background, a giant snail is munching on the top leaves of a palm.
A caption says: "In the late Cretaceous, colossal slugs dominated the planet but, having no shells nor bones, they did not leave any fossil to bear evidence of their past grandeur."

#cartoons #cartoon #humour

**Your Pal Cal** @thecalchemist@sunny.garden · Mar 18

Mar 18

Your Pal Cal @thecalchemist@sunny.garden

Some #snailposting, by request. They have had a bigger terrarium for several months now and are adjusting nicely, but I am still learning how to photograph it

A photo of two snails sleeping closely together (but not touching), on an ovate temperature/humidity gauge. Their heads are poking out of their shells a little, but their tentacles are fully retracted.

A photo of Trixie the snail, climbing up from “the dragon pit”, a mossy corner hideaway for the snails. Trixie’s shell hangs as she crawls up, active eyestalks in a wide V

A photo of Trixie as she spots a lovely dinner: red bell pepper and yellow squash.

A photo of Trixie as she has found the yellow squash. She is looking at it happily as she wraps her body over and begins to munch.

#photography #snails

**Jazmine Isa Qureshi (They/She)** @wildheartjaz@masto.nu · Mar 16

Mar 16

Jazmine Isa Qureshi (They/She) @wildheartjaz@masto.nu

Sunday Recuperation from a long week means instead of rambling to you about how Lichen can be a vessel to help us in reimagining ecological structures of relationships, specieism, reality building and mutual aid, i will leave that for later and give you a side on shot of Volcano noticing I'm here x #snails #systems #Sunday #recuperating #regeneration #rest

Giant african land snail on the side of a glass tank showing the side of the snails large body and brown streaked skin, and the front end of their brown shell, all from a side on perspective looking down at the snail.

**Plazi Species** @plazi_species@mastodon.green · Mar 14

Mar 14

Plazi Species @plazi_species@mastodon.green

#NewSpecies!
New sea snail from #NewCaledonia just crawled in:

Ethalia anomphala

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/714FF54E-375D-326C-FD86-FEF9FD9BFAE2
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.973.2765
#ejtaxonomy #EthaliaAnomphala

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #gastropods #snails #seasnails

**DerBrumme** @derbrumme@troet.cafe · Mar 12 *

Mar 12 *

DerBrumme @derbrumme@troet.cafe

Schneckenbekämpfung im Frühjahr

Wusstet ihr, dass der März ein guter Monat zur Schneckenbekämpfung ist? Ich bis neulich auch nicht. Warum das so ist, welche Mittel gegen Schnecken wirken, welche nicht und um welche ihr besser nen weiten Bogen macht -->

https://blog.derbrumme.de/schneckenbekaempfung-im-fruehjahr/

Eine fotogene Schnecke frisst eine Erdbeere an.

Schnecken auf Tomatenpflanzen, rings herum wirkungsloser Schafwollmulch.

Eine Beetumpuschelung aus Leinwand, die leider nur so mittelgut gegen Schnecken wirkt.

Ein 40 qm großes umpuscheltes Gemüsebeet im späten Frühjahr.

#garten #garden #schnecken

**a babyalligator at rest** @babyalligator@chattrbx.com · Mar 9 *

Mar 9 *

a babyalligator at rest @babyalligator@chattrbx.com

here is a book I looked at the other day
it was full of pictures

The bright yellow cover of Snail World, by Aleia Murawski and Sam Copeland

A picture of a snail alone on a subway car during golden hour with an almost apocalyptic sunset outside the window

#books #snails #TheSlimelight

**Plazi Species** @plazi_species@mastodon.green · Mar 7

Mar 7

Plazi Species @plazi_species@mastodon.green

#NewSpecies!
New land snail from #FrenchGuiana just crawled in:

Adelopoma quasimodo

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4C0AA735-850B-5857-848F-6324AA1CC5F2
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1230.133585
#ZooKeys #AdelopomaQuasimodo

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #snails

**SomeGadgetGuy** @SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social · Mar 2

Mar 2

SomeGadgetGuy @SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social

Daredevil Snail (Xiaomi 15)
Caught this lil snail pulling a stunt under some rotting wood. Shot from the telephoto camera on the Xiaomi 15
https://flic.kr/p/2qPJfPT

#tech #technology #snail