Snails Likely Last of Their Kind (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Snails Likely Last of Their Kind

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Pea-sized snails on a remote Hawaiian island are likely the last of their kind. The newly described species Endodonta christenseni is the only known representative of its genus to escape extinction.

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David Sischo

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