TRANSLUCENT SNAIL
FOUND IN CROATIA
G'day folks,
In 2013, scientists discovered a new
species of an unusual cave-dwelling snail in Lukina Jama–Trojama in
Croatia, one of the deepest cave systems in the world.
These tiny and
fragile snails, classified as Zospeum tholussum, have a beautiful
dome-like translucent shell. They are a part of a genus of minute
air-breathing land snails that are exclusive cave-dwellers.
Remarkably, only one specimen of this new species of snail was found
when it was initially discovered. The snail was resting 980m (3,200
feet) below ground, deep inside the cave system in a little cavity full
of rocks and sand with a small stream running through it.
The miniature snail doesn’t have visual orientation as there's no light
that far below the earth's surface.
Clancy's comment: Only one found!
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