The recently discovered Craspedotropis gretathunbergae is a species of what animal? Spider, Snail, Mosquito, Locust
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- Craspedotropis gretathunbergae is a species of snail in the family Cyclophoridae.
- The species was discovered in Brunei by a team of citizen scientists and subsequently named after climate activist Greta Thunberg.
- This led to a spurt of media attention towards the species.
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The recently discovered Craspedotropis gretathunbergae is a species of Snail.
- This Craspedotropis gretathunbergae belongs to the Cyclophoridae family.
- This Craspedotropis gretathunbergae belongs to the Mollusca phylum.
- A new species of snails have been named Craspedotropis gretathunbergae, in honour of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
- The new species comes from tropical rainforests and is sensitive to drought and extreme temperatures, which are likely to be more frequent as climate change continues.
- The two-millimetre-long snails have dark grey tentacles, a pale body and a concave shell, whose outer part is greenish-brown.
- Cyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the informal group Architaenioglossa.
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