(Nanowerk News) The small aquatic snail-like molluscs use a tongue bristling with tiny microscopic teeth to scrape food off rocks and into their mouths. These teeth contain a hard yet flexible ...

What’s stronger than spider silk? Limpet teeth! And what’s a limpet? They’re small aquatic snails with wide, conical shells. Their tiny, millimeter-long teeth are now the record holders for the ...

Tough teeth The teeth of limpets -- small marine molluscs famous for their tiny shells that resemble umbrellas -- are the world's strongest known biological structure. The teeth, described in a new ...