Surprisingly vibrant color of 12-million-year-old snail shells

ScienceDaily
Feb 9, 2024, 4:34 pm146 pts
Snail shells are often colorful and strikingly patterned. This is due to pigments that are produced in special cells of the snail and stored in the shell in varying concentrations. Fossil shells, on the other hand, are usually pale and inconspicuous because the pigments are very sensitive and have already…

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