"According to Tony Juniper, the haggard-faced countryside campaigner, over 80% of those contacted in 'a Teletext phone survey' last February were in favour of halting work on the Newbury bypass until a means of saving the Desmoulin's Snail had been found. This is all the more impressive when you consider that no-one, except perhaps Desmoulin, had ever heard of Vertigo moulinsiana before, let alone set eyes on one.