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Researchers have uncovered fossils of giant predator worms, some of Earth’s earliest carnivorous animals that roamed the seas 518 million years ago.
The giant Palouse earthworm or Washington giant earthworm (Driloleirus americanus, meaning lily-like worm [2]) is a species of earthworm belonging to the genus Driloleirus inhabiting the Palouse region of Eastern Washington and North Idaho, in the United States. The worm was discovered in 1897 by Frank Smith near Pullman, Washington. It can ...
Giant Palouse earthworm - A vulnerable North American species. Oregon giant earthworm - A relative of the Palouse earthworm. Specimens have been recorded at 1.3 m (4 feet) long. Lake Pedder earthworm - Listed as the first "extinct" worm species from its original unique Tasmanian habitat. Lumbricus badensis - Giant (Badish) earthworm.
Powelliphanta is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropods in the family Rhytididae, found only in New Zealand. They are carnivorous, eating invertebrates, mostly native earthworms. Often restricted to very small areas of moist forest, they are prey to introduced mammalian predators, and many species are threatened or ...
A previously unknown species of flatworm, which are normally found in the tropics, has been discovered in North Carolina. Where it's from and how it got here remains a mystery.
These giant snails live on sandy bottoms in the intertidal zone and the sublittoral down to about 30 m. [12] Where it has not been overfished, this snail is locally common. (Abbott & Dance, 1982) This carnivorous species is specialized for feeding on polychaete worms in the genera Polyodontes , Loimia (Terebellidae) and Diopatra . [7]
Thousands of new species are found each year. Here are three of our most eye-catching stories from the past week. → Volcanic ocean creature — with 'long' legs — discovered in Japan.
Euglandina rosea, the rosy wolfsnail or cannibal snail, is a species of medium-sized to large predatory air-breathing land snail, a carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Spiraxidae. [1] This species is a fast and voracious predator, hunting and eating other snails and slugs. [2]