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⚫ '''''Euchondrus albulus''''' is a marine ] (snail),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1362499|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Euchondrus albulus (Mousson, 1861)|website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref> native to the ] of ]. Its most interesting characteristic is that it eats ] growing in cracks in ] as its primary food source, using its raspy tongue to enlarge the cracks, moving an average of 1.1 tonnes of limestone per hectare per year.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.236.4805.1098|title=Herbivory in Rocks and the Weathering of a Desert|first1=Moshe|last1=Shachak|first2=Clive G.|last2=Jones|first3=Yigal|last3=Granota|date=May 29, 1987|journal=Science|volume=236|issue=4805|pages=1098–1099|via=science.org (Atypon)|doi=10.1126/science.236.4805.1098}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | editor= Craig Glenday | date= 2021 | title= Guinness World Records - 2022 | location= London | publisher= SVP Global Publishing | page= 37 | isbn= 978-1-913484-10-1 }}</ref>
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⚫ '''''Euchondrus albulus''''' is a ] (snail),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1362499|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Euchondrus albulus (Mousson, 1861)|website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref> native to the ] of ]. It eats ] growing in cracks in ] as its primary food source, using its raspy tongue to enlarge the cracks, moving an average of 1.1 tonnes of limestone per hectare per year.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.236.4805.1098|title=Herbivory in Rocks and the Weathering of a Desert|first1=Moshe|last1=Shachak|first2=Clive G.|last2=Jones|first3=Yigal|last3=Granota|date=May 29, 1987|journal=Science|volume=236|issue=4805|pages=1098–1099|via=science.org (Atypon)|doi=10.1126/science.236.4805.1098|pmid=17799665 |bibcode=1987Sci...236.1098S }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | editor= Craig Glenday | date= 2021 | title= Guinness World Records - 2022 | location= London | publisher= SVP Global Publishing | page= 37 | isbn= 978-1-913484-10-1 }}</ref>


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Species of gastropod

Euchondrus albulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Enidae
Genus: Euchondrus
Species: E. albulus
Binomial name
Euchondrus albulus
(Mousson, 1861)

Euchondrus albulus is a gastropod (snail), native to the Negev Desert of Israel. It eats lichens growing in cracks in limestone as its primary food source, using its raspy tongue to enlarge the cracks, moving an average of 1.1 tonnes of limestone per hectare per year.

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Euchondrus albulus (Mousson, 1861)". www.marinespecies.org.
  2. Shachak, Moshe; Jones, Clive G.; Granota, Yigal (May 29, 1987). "Herbivory in Rocks and the Weathering of a Desert". Science. 236 (4805): 1098–1099. Bibcode:1987Sci...236.1098S. doi:10.1126/science.236.4805.1098. PMID 17799665 – via science.org (Atypon).
  3. Craig Glenday, ed. (2021). Guinness World Records - 2022. London: SVP Global Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-913484-10-1.
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Euchondrus albulus


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