Minute snail species found

A snail has been discovered that is so tiny 10 of them could fit side-by-side in the eye of a needle.

Minute snail species found

Angustopila dominikae, whose shell measures 0.86mm, is possibly the world’s smallest land snail.

It was one of seven “microsnail” species found at the base of limestone rocks in Guangxi province, southern China.

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