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MLA Full: "The MAGNETO SNAIL! (and other marine gastropods)." YouTube, uploaded by thebrainscoop, 2 June 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jSpG9yGoQg.
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APA Full: thebrainscoop. (2016, June 2). The MAGNETO SNAIL! (and other marine gastropods) [Video]. YouTube. https://youtube.com/watch?v=2jSpG9yGoQg
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Chicago Full: thebrainscoop, "The MAGNETO SNAIL! (and other marine gastropods).", June 2, 2016, YouTube, 07:13,
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2jSpG9yGoQg.
In 2015, a deep-sea discovery was described to be unlike anything else in the animal kingdom. It was a snail with a shell made out of iron sulphide, with some populations also having magnetic properties in their unique exoskeletons. It made me wonder - what other magnificent marine snails are out there?

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Check out the Field Museum's invertebrate collection: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/science/research/area/invertebrates

Read more about the scaly-foot gastropod (Chrysomallon squamiferum): http://www.wired.com/2015/02/absurd-creature-of-the-week-scaly-foot-snail/

Special thanks to Jochen Gerber for sharing the wonderful world of gastropods with us!

Photo of right side view of Chrysomallon squamiferum from the Kairei vent field. © 2012 Nakamura et al.
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