The earliest form of sound recording on earth came from a snail species called "sonus cochlea". This animal evolved to be capable of very precise sound mimicry in order to scare its predators. Their outstanding memory and complex understanding of sound allowed them to master sound mimicry. Unfortunately, this animal went extinct millions of years ago.
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when was this species alive, and what are its closest relatives to this day? (for wikipedia) -
we can only approximate the period when they lived but researchers theorize that they were lived around 350 million years ago for 35 million years
their closest relative is the Brown-lipped snail -
So the carboniferous? They must've been adapted to warm humidity -
any pictures/diagrams of these?
(i know "are there any fossils" was a dumb question but you never know, i had to ask) -
oh well then may i ask where are you finding your info? if it's a book i can't exactly get that but if it's a website i could research sonus cochlea further -
it's a book I read at my local library
i don't remember the name but it had encyclopedia, history and mollusk in its name -
I did a little research.
That species is quite obscure, I can't find any mention of it, not even on a university website where you always find such things
Was it a recent discovery? That might explain the lack of information
also were they water snails or land snails