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Micro snail species

October 24 , 2021 1046 days 625 0
  • A micro snail species named Georissa mawsmaiensis has recently been discovered from Mawsmai in Meghalaya.
  • These are confined to microhabitats consisting of limestone caves or karst landscapes formed by the dissolution of limestone.
  • This is 170 years after the last such discovery was made.
  • It was in 1851 that Georissa saritta, a member of the same genus as the latest find.
  • The members of the Georissa genus are widely distributed across and reported from Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.

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