Minute snails such as Desmoulin’s whorl snail Vertigo moulinsiana grow to only 2mm in (shell) height. A related species, V. angustior (which is legally protected) held up the construction of a sea wall in Donald Trump’s golf course at Doonbeg in Co. Clare. Vertigo angustior is listed as Threatened on the IUCN red list due to population declines across its global range, and Irish populations are considered to be of international importance. Despite this, Clare County Council granted planning permission to construct a wall which will inevitably damage the functioning of the SAC dune system at Doonbeg, and the V. angustior populations that they harbour (Photo: Wiki Commons)

Minute snails such as Desmoulin’s whorl snail Vertigo moulinsiana grow to only 2mm in (shell) height. A related species, V. angustior (which is legally protected) held up the construction of a sea wall in Donald Trump’s golf course at Doonbeg in Co. Clare. Vertigo angustior is listed as Threatened on the IUCN red list due to population declines across its global range, and Irish populations are considered to be of international importance. Despite this, Clare County Council granted planning permission to construct a wall which will inevitably damage the functioning of the SAC dune system at Doonbeg, and the V. angustior populations that they harbour (Photo: Wiki Commons)

Minute snails such as Desmoulin’s whorl snail Vertigo moulinsiana grow to only 2mm in (shell) height. A related species, V. angustior (which is legally protected) held up the construction of a sea wall in Donald Trump’s golf course at Doonbeg in Co. Clare. Vertigo angustior is listed as Threatened on the IUCN red list due to population declines across its global range, and Irish populations are considered to be of international importance. Despite this, Clare County Council granted planning permission to construct a wall which will inevitably damage the functioning of the SAC dune system at Doonbeg, and the V. angustior populations that they harbour (Photo: Wiki Commons)