The boreal top snail has been seen in places like Japan, Scandinavia and the Swiss Alps, and now it’s been discovered to also live in Utah.
So far, eight of the snails have been discovered under fallen logs in Dry Fork Canyon and Big Brush Canyon in the Uinta Mountains. Also known as the zoogenetes harpa snail, wildlife officials say the tiny snail measures 4 millimeters in length and their shell is unique from other land snails in Utah.
The new snail species is noninvasive, and good for the environment.
