Portal:Gastropods/News

2019
 * List of gastropods described in 2019

2018
 * List of gastropods described in 2018

2017
 * List of gastropods described in 2017
 * December: Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet et al., 2017)
 * November: Kleptopredation, a new type of feeding was described in Cratena peregrina

2016
 * List of gastropods described in 2016
 * Prestonellinae was formally described.

2015
 * List of gastropods described in 2015
 * Radula of Patella vulgata.png February 2015 - The radular teeth of Patella vulgata are found to have the highest tensile strength among all biomaterials, outperforming even spider silk.

2014
 * List of gastropods described in 2014
 * Rhachistia aldabrae shell.png August 2014 - The species Rhachistia aldabrae was rediscovered.

2013
 * List of gastropods described in 2013
 * 13 February 2013 - The sea slug Goniobranchus reticulatus is the only known animal that autotomizes its penis after mating and it is able to regenerate it subsequently.

2012
 * List of gastropods described in 2012
 * 17 December 2012 - A new family, Echinichidae, was described.
 * 8 November 2012 - Urotensin-II like peptides were reported from an invertebrate for the first time, specifically from the sea hare Aplysia californica.
 * [[File:Leptoxis compacta from the Cahaba River, Shelby County, Alabama - journal.pone.0042499.g004.png|100x100px|right|A live Leptoxis compacta|alt=a live brown snail with ovate-conic brown shell]]8 August 2012 - A rediscovery of a freshwater species thought to be extinct, Leptoxis compacta, (pictured).


 * 3 August 2012 - A new family, Epirobiidae, was established.
 * A number of changes within the taxonomy of Orthalicoidea takes place, including renaming Placostylidae to Bothriembryontidae.
 * Peltospiroidea.png 3 January 2012 - Undescribed peltospiroid gastropods Peltospiroidea n. sp. partially covered by individuals of the limpet Lepetodrilus sp. were discovered at East Scotia Ridge E2, a hydrothermal vent in the Scotia Sea.

2011


 * Elysia clarki.png 20 July 2011 - Using the sea slug Elysia clarki (pictured) it was demonstrated (for the first time in an animal) that a photosynthetic capability affects foraging behavior under starvation.


 * Rhodacmea filosa - Choccolocco Creek1.png 31 May 2011 - the Wicker ancylid Rhodacmea filosa, (shell pictured) listed as extinct by the IUCN Red List, has been rediscovered.
 * New gastropod taxa described in 2011
 * 18 April 2011 - Research on the mating of Chelidonura sandrana contradicts the traditional theory about mating in simultaneous hermaphrodites.
 * 29 March 2011 - New family Horaiclavidae and families within Conoidea redefined
 * 8 February 2011 - A BBC crew filmed how the spider Olios coenobitus lifts a land gastropod shell into its web to use as a shelter.

2010


 * Pomacea canaliculata eggs.jpg 3 December 2010: The first direct evidence (in the animal kingdom) that a proteinase inhibitor from the eggs of Pomacea canaliculata (eggs pictured) interacts as a trypsin inhibitor with the protease of potential predators.


 * 7 November 2010: The Signpost runs a section Good lookin' slugs and snails celebrating three new gastropod-themed Featured pictures.


 * 25 October 2010: Jörger et alia proposed a redefinition of the major groups within the Heterobranchia: they created the new clades Euopisthobranchia and Panpulmonata.


 * 18 August 2010: A new family Diapheridae is established within the superfamily Streptaxoidea.


 * 16 July 2010: A new subfamily is established within the Chondrinidae.


 * 26 April 2010 Signpost: An interview with some WikiProject Gastropods members.


 * Changes in the taxonomy of gastropods since 2005, article started.


 * New gastropod taxa described in 2010:
 * 2010: A new species of dorid nudibranch, Okenia felis from California
 * March 2010: 3 new subfamilies were added to the taxonomy of the Trochidae
 * (10 February 2010) 4 new species in Scissurellidae and 4 new species in Anatomidae
 * (25 January 2010) 2 new species in the genus Pyrgulopsis


 * Archive of species named in 2008-2009


 * A list of new Wikipedia articles about gastropods, including those that simply mention the words snail, slug, conch, etc. A bot creates this list, usually every three days.