A Tiny Snail That Only Lived In Georgia Has Gone Extinct

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December 29th, 2017

This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published its finding that the beaverpond marstonia, which lived in southwest Georgia, is now extinct.

Photo by Robert Hershler/Smithsonian

A tiny snail that lived in southwest Georgia is gone. The beaverpond marstonia lived in a handful of creeks and streams near Lake Blackshear. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published its finding that the species is now extinct.

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The tan, whorled snail was “minute,” Fred Thompson wrote in his description of the species.

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