Scientists Discover China’s First Freshwater Cave Snail Species
Scientists in southwestern China discovered Erhaia dijiang, the country’s first known freshwater cave snail. Documented in Subterranean Biology by He et al., the eyeless and translucent troglobiont lives 2,062 meters above sea level in a Yunnan Province karst cave, where field surveys in August 2025 located only three living adults. Discovery of Erhaia dijiang in … Read more