posted on 2021-12-28, 08:48authored byBarna Páll-Gergely, Adrienne Jochum, Jaap J. Vermeulen, Katja Anker, András Hunyadi, Aydin Örstan, Ábel Szabó, László Dányi, Menno Schilthuizen
Two new, extremely small land snail species, Angustopila coprologos Páll-Gergely, Jochum & Hunyadi n. sp.
and Angustopila psammion Páll-Gergely,
Vermeulen & Anker n. sp. are described from northern Vietnam and northern
Laos, respectively. The former is characterized by a rough surface
sculpture and bears tiny mud granules arranged in a pattern of radial lines on
its shell surface. The latter species is the new global record-holder
of the tiniest land snail title, with a shell width of 0.6–0.68 mm and a
shell height of 0.46–0.57 mm. These measurements surpass the former
records of Angustopila pallgergelyi
and Acmella nana.