TWO NEW MICROSNAIL SPECIES FOUND IN MEGHALAYA

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW MICROSNAIL SPECIES IN MEGHALAYA 'S LIMESTONE CAVE SYSTEM ( KREM PURI & ARWAH CAVES) 

SPECIES NAMED AS 

* GEORISSA MEGHALAYAENSIS 

- IT IS SMALL, ORANGISH RED SNAIL, WITH DISTINCTIVE MESH LIKE SHELL PATTERNS, 

* ACMELLA BENSONI ( NAMED IN HONOUR TO BRITISH MALACOLOGIST WILLIAM H BENSON) 

- THE SPECIES IS MINUTE, WHITE AND SEMI - TRANSPARENT, ADAPTED TO DAMP CAVE ENVIRONMENT