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Chrysomallon squamiferum, commonly known as the scaly-foot gastropod, scaly-foot snail, sea pangolin, or volcano snail [3] [4] is a species of deep-sea hydrothermal-vent snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Peltospiridae. [2]
Manidae species of different genera; from top-left, clockwise: ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), tree pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis), Philippine pangolin (Manis culionensis), and Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) Pholidota is an order of placental mammals in the Pholidotamorpha clade. A member of this order is called a pholidotan or a pangolin.
Pangolin parts are also used for medicinal purposes in other Asian countries such as India, Nepal and Pakistan. In some parts of India and Nepal, locals believe that wearing the scales of a pangolin can help prevent pneumonia. [98] Pangolin scales have also been used for medicinal purposes in Malaysia, Indonesia and northern Myanmar.
All species of living pangolin had been assigned to the genus Manis until the late 2000s, when research prompted the splitting of extant pangolins into three genera: Manis, Phataginus, and Smutsia. [ 5 ] [ 9 ]
"Beyond the Sea" has been recorded by many artists, but Bobby Darin's version released in late 1959 is the best known, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 15 on the US R&B Chart, No. 7 in Canada (co-charted with "That's The Way Love Is"), [2] and No. 8 in the UK Singles Chart [3] in early 1960.
He'll be heading home soon. Back on November 1st, an Emperor penguin was found on a popular beach in Australia, 2,100 miles away from his home in Antarctica.
The newspaper reports that "La Muñeca" plunged into the criminal underworld at age 18, and was at the time of her arrest in charge of coordinating targeted assassinations, and even killed her ex ...
A view of an empty chair inside of a sex worker's booth, in Antwerp, Belgium, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)