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The name 'cochlea' is derived from the Latin word for snail shell, which in turn is from the Ancient Greek κοχλίας kokhlias ("snail, screw"), and from κόχλος kokhlos ("spiral shell") [4] in reference to its coiled shape; the cochlea is coiled in mammals with the exception of monotremes.
The word cochlea literally means spiral or snail shell, leading many to conclude that the spoon was designed so that the handle could be used to extract snails or cockles out of the shell. [2] The Roman terms cochlearium, cochlear, and cochleare denote a liquid measure of a spoonful. [3] A cochlearium was also a place where snails could be bred ...
Carnarvonchochlea exigua, previously classified as Jardinella exigua, is a small freshwater snail residing in North East Queensland, near Carnarvon Gorge. [2] Carnarvoncochlea refers to the location of origin, whilst exigua derives from the Latin word "exigus" meaning "small".
Carelia cochlea was a species of small, air-breathing, land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae. [ 2 ] This species was endemic to the Hawaiian Islands .
The cochlea is the tri-chambered auditory detection portion of the ear, consisting of the scala media, the scala tympani, and the scala vestibuli. [9] Regarding mammals, placental and marsupial cochleae have similar cochlear responses to auditory stimulation as well as DC resting potentials. [ 12 ]
The “magnificent ramshorn snail” — larger and rarer than the common ramshorn, of course — hasn’t been seen in the wild in decades. Will endangered species status help this NC snail with ...
The name derives from the Latin: caldus (warm, hot - referring to the hot spring habitat) and cochlea (snail). [3] Species of this genus are found at Dalhousie Springs in large warm (33-42°C) pools or warm outflows and in the shallow spring edges on rocks and wood. [5] There are two species of snail in this genus: [6] [1]
The sea snails are a part of the same family of an invasive species discovered in 2017 in the Florida Keys that is scientifically named Thylacodes vandyensis. The Cayo snails, however, are ...