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Angustopila dominikae
Angustopila dominikae is a species of light grey, round, land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Gastrocoptidae. Angustopila dominikae have been found in southern China, and are considered to be one of the world's smallest terrestrial molluscs (the holotype's shell height is 0.86 mm), only surpassed by Acmella nana, which is 0.7 mm in size. This species is a tropical snail found on limestone cliffs.
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What it does
The diet of these snails consists of feeding on microorganisms like bacteria and fungal filaments. Jochum, a researcher, hypothesizes that the round shape of the shells of this new species may enable them to wedge themselves into tiny cracks in rocks for further food resources. It could also allow them to trap air bubbles in their shell and float in water, in case they become dislodged by rain, and also probably enables them to survive being eaten by a predator.
Wikipedia: “Diet”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 978748.