{"id":131351,"date":"2026-10-31T13:41:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T08:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=131351"},"modified":"2026-10-31T13:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T08:14:39","slug":"dicharax-tilariensis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dicharax-tilariensis\/","title":{"rendered":"Dicharax tilariensis: Scientists Discover Tiny New Snail Species in Western Ghats"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dicharax tilariensis\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers recently identified a new species of microscopic land snail named Dicharax tilariensis in Kolhapur\u2019s Tilari region. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dicharax tilariensis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a new species of <\/span><b>microscopic land snail.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered in the <\/span><b>Tilari region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Kolhapur district of <\/span><b>Maharashtra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is currently known only from its discovery site near Swapnavel Point at an elevation of 700-800 metres above sea level, making it <\/span><b>endemic to the area.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species inhabits the region\u2019s <\/span><b>semi-evergreen forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is known to <\/span><b>occupy microhabitats among forest litter, decaying organic matter,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and moist soil.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the second endemic species of its genus described from the northern Western Ghats.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The snail features a <\/span><b>whitish shell <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a<\/span><b> pinkish or brownish tinge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, measuring 4.21-4.87 mm in width and 3.01-3.52 mm in height.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an<\/span><b> elevated spire,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> distinctive rib patterns, and a <\/span><b>sharp swelling on the shell. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/kolhapur\/new-microscopic-snail-species-discovered-in-kolhapurs-tilari\/articleshow\/135277911.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TOI<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have discovered Dicharax tilariensis, a new microscopic land snail species in the Tilari region of Maharashtra&#8217;s Kolhapur district. Found in semi-evergreen forests at elevations of 700\u2013800 metres, the snail has a distinctive ribbed shell measuring less than 5 mm across. The discovery marks the second endemic species of the genus Dicharax described from the northern Western Ghats, highlighting the region&#8217;s rich but understudied biodiversity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":131342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11254],"class_list":["post-131351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-dicharax-tilariensis","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131351"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131428,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131351\/revisions\/131428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}