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 ...

Knewz.com observed that the scientific names of these Herefordshire mollusks were Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum. The reason behind these unique names was their distinct features. Punk had spikes ...

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 ...