Three shells of the Big Black rocksnail.

Big Black rocksnail shells over black background

Photo By/Credit

Calvin Rezac /Mississippi Museum of Natural Science

Date Shot/Created

05/02/2022

Media Usage Rights/License

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Three shells of the Big Black rocksnails sit over a black background. The Big Black rocksnail is a Mississippi snail thought be extinct, but scientists rediscovered it in 2022.

Partner(s)

Auburn University

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

Ecosystem

River/stream

Species

Lithasia hubrichti

Subject tags

Aquatic animals

Extinction

Rivers and streams

Snails

Surveying

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