Portal:Gastropods/Did you know/6

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  ...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?

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

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  ...that there are 36 taxa of gastropods federally listed endangered or threatened in the USA (map pictured)?

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

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