Zeidora Antarctica : New Species among Molluscs

An uncommon species of “Mollusc” has been recently revealed in waters of the Antarctic by the researchers from Spain. The Mollusc looks like limpets but is larger in dimension. The discovered “Mollusc” species was named “Zeidora Antarctica”. Zeidora Antarctica 14 mm in length and was found at a depth of about 600 m in the Bellingshausen Sea in Antarctica.
This discovery will offer additional info on the members of the Zeidora genus and their geographical dispersion. Zeidora group comprises of 14 species of which only some specimens were discovered.


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