They drill small holes through young oyster shells with a ribbon-like band of teeth called the radula. The oyster drill site of concern is about 100 feet of shoreline between the boat ramp and the ...

It then uses its radula - teeth which project from the mouth - to drill through the shell and eat the oyster. It is thought the oyster drill may have got its alternative name from a roofing term ...

Invasive oyster drills, a type of snail, prey on native oysters Native oysters can tolerate extreme temperatures better than oyster drills can Under climate change, the oyster drill problem is ...

when the population of oyster drill, a small member of the conch family, spiraled out of control in Mobile Bay. In the wild, the predatory drills climb onto an oyster and secrete an acid as they ...

Half of the oysters native to the pristine estuary along the Point Reyes National Seashore are being devoured by whelk snails, also known as Atlantic Oyster Drills, according to a new California ...

This one is using a mud snail shell for protection, though many prefer the shells of the oyster drill. (Clay Wollney) While the terrestrial hermit crabs that are kept as pets are tropical species ...

Caballero said the die off was likely due to "several stressors," including an extended period of high salinity in the water and a snail known as an oyster drill eating the bivalves. The snail ...