Escargots crossed the Mediterranean via Sardinia hitchhiking human ships

Snails of the Tudorella sulcata species, which lives on land, are found all around the Western Mediterranean: in France, Spain, Sardinia, Algeria and Malta. A new genetic study deals on how the snails, original from SW Europe, made it to Sardinia and Algeria.

Ruth Jesse et al. Phylogeography of a Land Snail Suggests Trans-Mediterranean Neolithic Transport. PLoS ONE 2011. Open access.

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