Each handful of soil may hold species found nowhere else—micro-snails like Diplommatina labiosa labiosa remind us how fragile biodiversity can be.
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Scientific name: Diplommatina labiosa labiosa
Japanese name: Ibuki-gomagai
A tiny land snail, only 1–2 mm, hidden in leaf litter—delicate, overlooked, yet fascinating.
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These tiny land snails belong to the family Diplommatinidae.
Their delicate shells and slow march remind us of the hidden beauty in the micro world.
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From a handful of forest leaf litter, a hidden world emerges.
These tiny land snails — each only a few millimeters across — were sorted from decomposed leaves and soil under the microscope.

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#NewSpecies!
New land snail from #china just crawled by:

Diplommatina yipingica

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/5C01F1EC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
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New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: An illustrated type catalogue of Diplommatina Benson, 1849 from mainland China, with description of a new species, Diplommatina yipingica (Gastropoda, Cyclophoroidea) (57 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c540edcf-e93d-4804-a5fe-ae506f83b3e6

A nice natural history stamp issue from Thailand Post last month, featuring four tiny cave snails found in the country.
Plectostoma kubuensis
Diplommatina khwangtongae
Aulacospira nutadhirai
Anauchen srakeoensis

Issued 26-09-2024
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