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A tiny, rare snail in Malaysia …

A tiny, rare snail in Malaysia has big consequences for global cement giant, scientists name new endangered species after the company that will decide its fate A new species of snail is believed only to exist in a limestone quarry mined by cements giant Lafarge.

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Various views of the shell of the new snail species named after Lafarge. Photo courtesy of Vermeulen et al and Thor-Seng Liew

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