Life deep down: A new beautiful translucent snail from the deepest cave in Croatia

Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 11:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

An expedition in the deepest cave system in Croatia, Lukina Jama–Trojama, discovered a beautiful new species of a tiny translucent snail. The newly discovered species belongs to the evolutionary intriguing genus Zospeum, where representatives are exclusively known from the underground. The animal was found at the remarkable depth of 980 m.

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