The flamingo tongue snail, Cyphoma gibbosum, is a common and easily recognized gastropod mollusk found in shallow waters of the tropical western Atlantic. It has a bright orange, white ...

The animal features a unique grab bag of traits of other nudibranchs, says study co-author and MBARI marine biologist Steven Haddock. Haddock was present when scientists first spotted the mollusk, ...

Here are the main things to know about both: As noted, snails are mollusks, classified in the same family as squid, octopus, ...