The new land snail species in Son Doong Cave, Vietnam. - PHOTO: VIETNAM NEWS/ANN
HANOI (Bernama-VNA): Vietnamese scientists have discovered a new snail species in Son Doong Cave within the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh, and named it "Oc non Son Doong” (Son Doong cone snail), Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
This land snail species, scientifically called Calybium plicatus sp. nov., belongs to the Calybium genus, the Helicinidae family, the Cycloneritida order, and the Gastropoda class, within the Animalia kingdom.
