Scaly-Foot Snail: First ever Species Endangered due to Deep Sea Mining
- A rare snail found at only three spots in the Indian Ocean has become the first species to be officially declared threatened due to deep-sea mining.
- The scaly-foot snail (Chrysomallonsquamiferum) is found at three hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar.
- It was added by the IUCN to its updated Red List of Endangered Species in July 2019. The researchers settled on including the snail in the new Red List based on the criteria that it was found at just three spots on the ocean floor and the looming threat of deep-sea ....
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