The primary recovery option for the tiny snail is permanent protection of remaining colonies.
These are made from the shells of the tiny yellow snail, the pupu, which emerges only after rain.
On our previous visit the mixed antipasto included many tiny snails, which took three of us to finish, but again were worth the trouble.
These tiny snails have shells that are very high-spired and consist of multiple whorls.
Thousands of the tiny snails had to be found, their shells cracked, the snail removed.
This tiny snail does not tolerate running water; it prefers lakes and quiet areas within large rivers and canals.
Wise scientists therefore mostly ignore the dinosaur drama and fiddle around with tiny snails and other undrarnatic species instead.
Dr. Richards bent down to pick up a tiny snail.
By her feet dozens of tiny snails, with striped brown and white shells, were clustered like flowers on the thistle stems.
As the evening progressed, so did a tiny snail, from the center of the enormous platter to the edge, and around under.