**Long-lived lakes as a driving force behind the evolution of freshwater snails**

In long-lived lakes that existed for millions of years freshwater snails developed a particularly high diversity of species. A new study by SNSB paleobiologist Thomas A. Neubauer now shows the importance of these ecosystems for the evolution of freshwater snails on a global and deep-time scale.

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-long-lived-lakes-evolution-freshwater-snails.html