The animal that called the shell home, a gastropod, was long dead, but the shell’s morphology was enough to identify the creature as a new species. Thousands of new species are found each year.

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Another study focused on the taphonomic processes affecting gastropod shells along the Brazilian coast, highlighting how environmental dynamics such as wind and waves influence the preservation ...

The animals are protected by a smooth and thin shell, researchers said. Xu Y-B, Meng Y-Z, Zeng S, Wang H-J, Zhong S, Yang D-Y, Zhou X-P, Glasby CJ (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution Gastropods ...