The snail’s shell defies the smooth spirals we associate with its kind. Instead, it folds into boxy, angular whorls, a shape ...

Researchers also propose a new method to classify snails by sorting them into similar groups based on overall shell shape, shell surface texture, and the arrangement of apertural barriers.

A tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell has been named after the painter Pablo Picasso. Researchers who discovered the three-millimetre creature say they came up with the name because when ...

Rectangular whorls game the scientists the impression of "a Cubist interpretation of other snails with ‘normal’ shell shapes.