Tiny Snail from Oahu is Hawaii's Newest Land Snail Species (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Tiny Snail from Oahu is Hawaii's Newest Land Snail Species

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An adult Auriculella gagneorum, left, subadult and juvenile rest on the tip of a toothpick. The snails represent the first new living Hawaiian land snail species described in 60 years.

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Kenneth Hayes and Norine Yeung

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