The radula on the other hand…is a design marvel in its simplicity and adaptability. There are seven basic types (with variants on each) that vary in number, arrangement, and structure of teeth: ...

Here’s a look at 7 animals known for having the sharpest teeth in the natural world, with fascinating details on what makes ...

Snail Teeth Imagine going to the dentist with this set of teeth! These are teeth located on a snail’s “tongue,” or radula, also called a rasper, which is constantly licking the ground to scrape up and ...

In general, among Mollusks, the mouth opens into a buccal cavity. In most classes of Mollusks, the buccal cavity contains a tongue called the odontophore. The odontophore possess multiple rows of ...

A jumble of radula teeth, each of which is only two or three millimetres in length. The X-ray techniques used at the ESRF allow scientists to virtually extract these features and even print ...

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Ancient creatures nicknamed "alien goldfish" had toothy, tongue-like structures in their guts that they fired out of their bodies to catch prey 330 million years ago, but they weren't so different ...

Particularly savvy drug enthusiasts may have heard of making tea from Radula, a member of the liverwort family whose effects are similar to those of cannabis. For anybody who hasn’t, you may be ...

Simple plants aren't always easy, proves the Radula buccinifera complex, formed of "primitive," small, moss-like plants called liverwort. Molecular and morphological evidence show that what was ...