Portal:Gastropods/Did you know/6


 * Carved Conch.jpg...that because of its aquatic origin and resemblance to the vulva, the shankha (carved examples pictured) is linked with female fertility and is an integral part of Tantric rites?


 * Rudolph Bergh 2.png...that Rudolph Bergh (pictured) specialized in sexually transmitted diseases and in nudibranchs?


 * Map of USA without state names.svg...that there are 36 taxa of gastropods federally listed endangered or threatened in the USA (map pictured)?


 * Orthalicus reses reses shell.png...that Orthalicus reses (shell pictured) lives only in tropical hardwood hammocks in Florida?


 * Robert Murdoch.png...that Robert C. Murdoch (pictured) did malacological research in New Zealand?