Snail Rediscovered (IMAGE)

University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa

Snail Rediscovered

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Shown is a live Oblong Rocksnail from the Cahaba River in Bibb County, Ala. The freshwater snail, declared extinct in 2000, was recently rediscovered by a University of Alabama graduate student.

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Thomas Tarpley, ADCNR

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