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Robyn Wuth

Tiny snail discovered in Tasmanian lake

The freshwater snail, measuring around 4mm, had not been seen or recorded for more than 120 years. (AAP)

A tiny snail roughly three times the size of a grain of sand and once feared to be extinct has been discovered living in a Tasmanian lake.

The Beddomeia tumida, a freshwater snail measuring around 4mm, had not been seen or recorded for more than 120 years.

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