By more ways than one: Rapid convergence at hydrothermal vents shown by 3D anatomical reconstruction of Gigantopelta (Mollusca: Neomphalina)

Chrysomallon squamiferum is a deep-sea snail that lives near hydrothermal vents. The outer layer of its shell and exoskeleton consists of iron sulfides. (source: https://t.co/V6iAnr2Vyu) https://t.co/qEpVa7oaL1

RT @drjimcox: #BiologyTwitter After metamorphosis, Gigantopelta spp, a snail which lives near seafloor hydrothermal vents, relies solely on…

#BiologyTwitter After metamorphosis, Gigantopelta spp, a snail which lives near seafloor hydrothermal vents, relies solely on chemosynthesis of its endosymbionts (gamma proteobacteria) that it houses in bacteriocytes https://t.co/hl0BHZWBmU So - and I'm sp

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