The previous holder of the title, Angustopila dominikae from the Chinese province of Guangxi, discovered earlier this year, measured just 0.032 and 0.035 inches (0.80 and 0.89 mm) respectively.
Some of the new species are very rare. There are seven new species that can only be found on the 13,435 foot (4,095 m) high Mount Kinabalu.
Another example, Diplommatina tylocheilos, only lives at the entrance of the hardly accessible Loloposon Cave in Mount Trusmadi.