With names like “knobby rams-horn,” “masked duskysnail” and “Hoko vertigo,” Pacific Northwest mollusks may have an amusing image, but they’re also some of the most intriguing invertebrates in the ...

“The names Punk and Emo were actually our initial pet names for these ancient mollusks, inspired by some ... These thousands of images were then combined to create detailed 3D models of the ...

Then, using a method called physical-optical tomography, they carefully ground the fossils 20 micrometers at a time, taking digital microscope photos ... than the mollusks' new names: Punk ferox ...