Hungarian scientists have discovered the world's smallest land snail, not even a millimeter

The shell of the new species, which holds the world’s smallest trophy, varies in size from 0.6 to 0.68 millimeters, and the smallest specimen has an estimated volume of 0.036 cubic millimeters.

The other tiny snail species, Angustopila coprologos, also just discovered in Laos, is special because the living specimens place yellow balls on their shells in a spiral pattern. The most common explanation for similar behavior patterns is camouflage. If this is also the case, the snail, which is barely 0.6 millimeters in size, must also disguise itself in order to avoid being attacked by some predator. As the yellow balls are probably made from the faeces of snails, the species has been given the name Angustopila coprologos, which means faecal collector in Greek. Although slightly smaller marine species are known to science for the snail species just discovered, they are currently the smallest on land . Scientists say the lower limit of snail size is likely to be determined by two factors. One is that the newborn snail, which is about 0.2 millimeters in diameter, must have a sufficient number of neurons for its life processes to function, and the other is that the adult snail must be large enough to “produce” at least one egg If you would like to know more about other things like this, please like HVG’s Facebook page, which also deals with scientific issues .