A team of researchers, including Tejas Thackeray, have discovered a species of land snail from Maharashtra’s Konkan region. A research paper regarding the same was published recently in a scientific journal.

Researchers have named the snail as Theobaldius konkanensis. The name konkanensis, inform researchers, is reflective of the fact that the snail is endemic to the Konkan range, a biodiversity hotspot that remains vastly understudied.