In the prairies, there is a Pleistocene relict species, the Iowa Pleistocene snail. And if you follow the link, you will see that there are as yet zero observations on iNaturalist! This is a federally listed endangered species, found only in the Driftless Area, which was an ice-free refugium during the last ice age.
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