sea urchin
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There does not have to be any actual evidence either way, merely reasonable assumption.
And there I was thinking there had to be an evidence base - how could I have been so mistaken!? Sounds like a conservationist's charter beyond their wildest dreams! It evades the realms of any reasoned challenge. Talk about having the cards stacked against us.......
Now I get it. The defolins snail was discovered high on the shingle bank above MHWM. A challenge was mounted on the grounds that as it was found outside the marine area on land above the tidal area, but we were told that as it was not known whether it might stray into the wet areas it could still qualify to justify a Ref Area protection. Had not made any sense before! (Everyone was puzzled anyway as it is a lagoon snail preferring brackish water. The lagoon is further East from the place it was discovered!)