Talk:Thirlmere Lakes National Park

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A fact from Thirlmere Lakes National Park appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 June 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the lakes of Thirlmere Lakes National Park contain a bright green freshwater sponge (Radiospongilla sceptroides) but no freshwater snails?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/June.

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Snails

I found no evidence that there is "absence of freshwater snails" as it it in the DYK hook in the reference [1]. Otherwise I found a sentence "Trematodes are one species that is absent from the lake sediments." Did you accidentally classified a trematode as a snail? / There is an evidence of at least 8 species of gastropods in the area (but there is not explicitly mentioned in which lake they occur) at [2]. --Snek01 (talk) 17:16, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The book that I have says it. It was written by the National Parks Association (and much of its text has ended up on NSW government National Park websites (!)). But I agree that peer-reviewed literature would trump it. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:38, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The actual words used on p. 37 are "The complete absence of water snails is also considered significant as they are usually found in fresh water lakes" Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:42, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the reference and for clarification. --Snek01 (talk) 11:12, 4 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you do find anything I'd be intrigued. I am going there in a couple of weeks so if I find any molluscs I'll take some photos! Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:58, 4 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]