Saturday, 3 October 2015

Angustopila dominikae-New species of tiny snail found in China

World's smallest snail
A tiny snail has been discovered in China that is so small 10 of them could fit side-by-side in the eye of a needle!
The Angustopila dominikae is one of seven new species of 'micro-snail found by scientists from Japan's Shinshu University.
Its shell measures in at just 0.86 millimetres, and is possibly the world's smallest land-based snail.
Surprisingly, it is related to the giant African land snail, which is nine million times larger than it.READ MORE

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