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2016
- List of gastropods described in 2016
- Prestonellinae was formally described.
2015
- List of gastropods described in 2015
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18 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
- 23 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.
- 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.
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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
- 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.
- 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. [1]
2010
- 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
- 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.
