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Oblong rocksnail

 * ... that the last specimen of the oblong rocksnail (pictured) that is endemic to the Cahaba River had been found over 70 years before the species was rediscovered in 2011?
 * Reviewed: Elizaveta Karamihailova

Created/expanded by Snek01 (talk), Daniel Mietchen (talk). Nominated by Daniel Mietchen (talk) at 00:54, 12 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Contains text bits from two sources. -- Daniel Mietchen - WiR/OS (talk) 00:57, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Contains text bits from two sources. -- Daniel Mietchen - WiR/OS (talk) 00:57, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Awkward grammar. How about ALT1 ... that the oblong rocksnail (pictured), which is endemic to the Cahaba River, was last collected 70 years before its rediscovery in 2011? -IceCreamAntisocial (talk) 19:30, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the rephrasing. I like ALT1 better. -- Daniel Mietchen - WiR/OS (talk) 19:56, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
 * ALT2 ... that the oblong rocksnail (pictured), which is endemic to the Cahaba River, was last observed 70 years before its rediscovery in 2011? -- Daniel Mietchen - WiR/OS (talk) 19:59, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
 * ALT3a ... that the oblong rocksnail (pictured), which is endemic to the Cahaba River, was last collected in 1933 before its rediscovery in 2011? -- Daniel Mietchen - WiR/OS (talk) 02:28, 16 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Three cheers for the snail and the grad student who found it (not to mention the contributors of this article)! As for the article, it is new enough, long enough, and adequately supported by reference citations. The image license is OK, and the article does not have copyvio issues. As noted, it does incorporate some text from two sources that are free of copyright issues; I did a bit of rewording to make some of that text flow a bit more smoothly in the context of the Wikipedia article. As for the hooks, ALT3 checks out as fine. ALTs 1 and 2 don't work for me because the last collection/observation was actually about 78 years before the rediscovery. We might beef up ALT3 a bit, though:
 * ALT3b ... that the oblong rocksnail (pictured), which is endemic to the Cahaba River and was last collected in 1933 and declared extinct in 2000, was rediscovered in 2011?
 * ALT4 ... that the oblong rocksnail (pictured), which is endemic to the Cahaba River, was rediscovered in 2011 after not being collected since 1933 and being declared extinct in 2000? --Orlady (talk) 16:22, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * ALT3c ... that the oblong rocksnail (pictured), which is endemic to the Cahaba River, was last collected in 1933, declared extinct in 2000, and rediscovered in 2011? -- Daniel Mietchen - WiR/OS (talk) 23:11, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg All the ALT3s and ALT4 are good. --Orlady (talk) 23:50, 24 August 2012 (UTC)