This reminds me of the Toad that was said to be in hibernation for 50 years
in a cornerstone.  They built a new court house (or something) and took down
the old one - opened the cornerstone and the toad slowly came to life.
It was
a side show by itself and has a resting place of honor back at home.

On the snails - could it not be egg casings that were laid in pores of
the limestone
and when the limestone eroded (melted) away or cement cracked off that
they got
moisture enough to hatch and come forth.

I think there are desert toads and fish? like that.  Why not mollusks as
well.


Martin

aydin wrote:
> That's old news:
> http://snailstales.blogspot.com/2008/08/old-news-about-papillifera-papillaris.html
>
> or: http://tinyurl.com/5o8kch
>
> Aydin
> snailstales.blogspot.com
>
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:28:08 -0400, Ellen Bulger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7572553.stm
>>
>>
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