The radula sounds like something from a horror movie -- a conveyor belt lined with hundreds of rows of interlocking teeth. In fact, radulas are found in the mouths of most molluscs, from the giant ...

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In general, among Mollusks, the mouth opens into a buccal cavity. In most classes of Mollusks, the buccal cavity contains a tongue called the odontophore. The odontophore possess multiple rows of ...

The inside of a mollusk's mouth is a fearsome sight to behold. Most mollusks, from giant squids to predatory slugs, have radulas, or tonguelike structures covered with interlocking teeth that move ...

But after a closer look, that theory fell flat, as the teeth were revealed to be remnants of T. wellsi’s last meal, inside its digestive tract. Now, the animal’s radula offers a new clue.

Most carnivores have teeth to grasp and ... lobster, crab, shrimp, clams, mussels, marine mollusks, and even other octopuses making up their ... There may be over 100 teeth on the radula, ...

Let’s be clear – we’re talking about the most amount of teeth found inside the mouth of an animal at any one time, not over the entire animal's lifespan (though those numbers are pretty ...

The radula can have 10,000 of these teeth-like hooks, depending on the species. As far as vertebrates go, sharks are among the toothiest. Whale sharks, which may be big but are hardly alpha predators, ...

Snails, often underestimated, possess a remarkable 25,000 teeth, surpassing all other creatures. These microscopic teeth, located on a ribbon-like organ called the radula, aid in scraping and ...