Plazi Species4d ago

#NewSpecies!
New freshwater snail from #spain just crawled in:

Corrosella ballestae

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E487C4-B22D-FFA8-18B2-F919FC21FBF7
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1043.3203
#ejtaxonomy #CorrosellaBallestae

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Plazi SpeciesMar 13

#NewSpecies!
New freshwater snail from #georgia just crawled in:

Gveleshapia kvevri

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B5BF9640-514B-571F-A43E-9628688A5D6D
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1272.178534
#ZooKeys #GveleshapiaKvevri

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Plazi SpeciesMar 6

#NewSpecies!
New land snail from #indonesia just crawled in:

Chamalycaeus dayangmerindu

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE121272-7AA7-5F93-9F29-04CA8B873455
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1272.179378
#ZooKeys #ChamalycaeusDayangmerindu

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Plazi SpeciesFeb 6

#NewSpecies!
New sea snail from the #philippines just crawled in:

Turridrupa albocastanea

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F438E3D-B75D-0822-A681-FD312003FE01
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5708.1.1
#Zootaxa #TurridrupaAlbocastanea

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AltonDooleyFeb 3
In the Western Science Center’s current #snail exhibit “Life in the Slow Lane” our gold Inca snails (Pomacea bridgesii) laid eggs a few weeks ago, and last weekend they started to hatch! We now have numerous ~1mm long baby snails!
#museum #malacology #Gastropods
Scientific FrontlineJan 29
A comprehensive scientific review quantifying the catastrophic loss of #biodiversity among #Pacific Island land #snails – revealing that extinction rates on high #volcanic islands range from 30% to 80% of total species.
#Conservation #Malacology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/cons01292601.html
Study chronicles centuries of Pacific Island land snail extinctions

A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among Pacific Island land snails

Plazi SpeciesJan 22

#NewSpecies!
New predatory sea snail from #papuanewguinea just crawled in:

Chicoreus phyrtos

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C187B8-FFF4-FFF7-FF07-2C571E5106ED
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.5
#Zootaxa #ChicoreusPhyrtos

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Dr. MatchJan 20
A photo I took. #snail #snails #malacology #hamburg #germany #nature
Plazi SpeciesJan 16

#NewSpecies!
New snail from #croatia just crawled in:

Radomaniola cetinensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AB08878A-2A34-FFBB-FF41-25D744B898B4
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5716.2.2
#Zootaxa #RadomaniolaCetinensis

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Plazi SpeciesJan 16

#NewSpecies!
New snail from #china just crawled in:

Trochus parvus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F4DC9C-AE6E-5DA5-AB52-C58DAE6E6757
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1264.167854
#ZooKeys #TrochusParvus

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