new species of snail found at bottom of falls

A NEW species of snail has been discovered in an exciting development that may be housed at the bottom of Lesmurdie Falls.

Shire of Kalamunda and the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council recently held a Bush Skills for The Hills Frogs, Spiders and Snails workshop, and in the process identified something quite different.

Participants who were walking through the Lower Lesmurdie Falls, investigating wildlife found numerous birds, two frogs, a legless lizard, a mygalomorph trapdoor spider and some native snails were observed.

Shire President Andrew Waddell said the workshop was special because council had been working with an expert from the WA Museum to correctly identify a particular snail, which had been found in the region near Lower Lesmurdie Falls.

The WA Museum’s Corey Whisson, who is currently researching the snails, is investigating taxonomy of this snail and other species in the genus.-read more