Upcoming publications (in press, submitted or in preparation)


Breure, A.S.H. & P. Romero. Support and surprises: a new molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) using a multi-locus gene analysis. In press.

Groenenberg, D.S.J., Breure, A.S.H. & E. Gittenberger. From field to lab: The effect of killing and preservation methods on the extraction yield in DNA studies. In preparation.

Breure, A.S.H. & J.D. Ablett. Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odonstostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London. In preparation.

Breure, A.S.H. & C. Whisson. Annotated type catalogue of Bothriembryon (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in Australian museums. In preparation.

Breure, A.S.H. & F.J. Borrero. A review of Stenostylus Pilsbry, 1898 and Drymaeus Albers, 1860 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea: Bulimulidae) from Colombia and adjacent ares. In preparation.


Malacological publications by Abraham S.H. Breure



2011

Breure, A.S.H. & W. Faber. Book review (Massemin et al.). Basteria 75: 94. (PDF on request).

Breure, A.S.H. & J.D. Ablett. Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London. ZooKeys 138: 1-52. Abstract and link to PDF

F.J. Borrero & A.S.H. Breure. The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas. Zootaxa 3054: 1-59. Abstract (PDF on request).

Breure, A.S.H. Helicina duo, new name for H. sanctaemartae Breure, 1977 not H. sanctaemarthae Pilsbry & Clapp, 1902 (Gastropoda, Neritomorpha, Helicinidae). Basteria 75: 55-56. (PDF on request).

González-Guillén, A. & A.S.H. Breure. Additions to the Bibliography of Cuban terrestrial Mollusca. Basteria 75: 35-37. (PDF on request).

Breure, A.S.H. Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with description of two new species. ZooKeys 101: 1-50. PDF

Breure, A.S.H. Dangling snails and dangerous spiders: malacophagy and mimicry in terrestrial gastropods. Folia conchyliologica 7: 7-13. PDF



2010

Breure, A.S.H. The rediscovery of a semi-slug: Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Hispaniola. Basteria 74: 78-86. (PDF on request).

Breure, A.S.H. & V. Mogollón. Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). - Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 84: 15-34. PDF

Breure, A.S.H. Book review (Espinosa & Ortea, Moluscos terrestres de Cuba). - Basteria 74: 32.

Breure, A.S.H., D.S.J. Groenenberg & M. Schilthuizen. New insights in the phylogenetic relations within the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda), based on 28S sequence data. - Basteria 74: 25-31. (PDF on request).

Breure, A.S.H. & A. González Guillén. Bibliography of Cuban terrestrial Mollusca, including related and biohistorical papers on Cuban malacology. - NCB Naturalis Technical Bulletin 12: 1-35. Link (Copy on request).

Breure, A.S.H. & J. Schlögl. Additional notes on Orthalicidae from the Chimantá massif, Venezuelan Guayana, with descriptions of new species of Plekocheilus Guilding, 1828 (Mollusca, Gastropoda). - Zootaxa 2416: 51-60. Abstract (PDF on request).

Cuezzo, M.G., C. Valdovinos & A.S.H. Breure. Discoleus Breure, 1978: Is there a pre-Gondwanan ancient stock of Orthalicidae? (Mollusca, Stylommatophora). Poster, VI Southern Connection congress, 14-19 February 2010, Bariloche, Argentina.

Breure, A.S.H., D.S.J. Groenenberg & M. Schilthuizen. Gondwana revisited: new insights in the phylogenetic relationships within the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Poster, VI Southern Connection congress, 14-19 February 2010, Bariloche, Argentina.


2009

Breure, A.S.H. Book review (González Guillén, Cuba, the landshells paradise). - Basteria 73: 68. (PDF on request)

Breure, A.S.H. Landslakken uit Suriname: een nieuwe start in een oude traditie. - Spirula 368: 75-77. PDF

Breure, A.S.H. Slakken als veelvraat: een experiment met een onverwacht resultaat. - Spirula 368: 71-72. PDF

Breure, A.S.H. Dr. A.C. van Bruggen - 80 jaar. - Spirula 368: 50-51. PDF

Robinson, D.G., A. Hovestadt, A. Fields & A.S.H. Breure. The land Mollusca of Dominica, Lesser Antilles, with notes on some enigmatic or rare species. – Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 83: 615-650. Link

Mogollón, V. & A.S.H. Breure. José Julián Bravo (1874-1927), a hitherto unknown conchologist from Peru. – Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 83: 601-613. Link

Breure, A.S.H., E. Gittenberger, W.J.M. Maassen & A.J. de Winter. In and out of Africa: Dr A.C. van Bruggen, keen educator and eminent biologist. – Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 83: 509-524. Link

Breure, A.S.H., C. Smeenk & A.J. de Winter (eds.). Festschrift for Dr A.C. van Bruggen on the occasion of his 80th birthday. – Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 83: i-viii, 509-776.

Breure, A.S.H. & A.C. van Bruggen. Collecties, veldwerk en onderzoek aan tropische landslakken: Nederlandse bijdragen gedurende méér dan 75 jaar. In: Cadée, G.C., Leeuwen, S. van & Poorten, J.J. ter (eds.), Schitterende schelpen en slijmerige slakken, 75 jaar NMV: malacologie als hobby en professie: 65-70. - Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging, Leiden. (PDF on request)

Faber, W., A.S.H. Breure & J.P. Buijs. Een geslaagd huwelijk: de fusie tussen NMV en BM. In: Cadée, G.C., Leeuwen, S. van & Poorten, J.J. ter (eds.), Schitterende schelpen en slijmerige slakken, 75 jaar NMV: malacologie als hobby en professie: 90-91. - Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging, Leiden. (PDF on request)

Breure, A.S.H. New Orthalicidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Guayana Highlands, Venezuela: unraveling secrets from the Lost World. - Zootaxa 2065: 25-50. Abstract (PDF on request)

Breure, A.S.H. Radiation in land snails on Venezuelan tepui islands. In: Cohen, A. et al. (eds.) Evolutionary islands: 150 years after Darwin, Abstracts: 38. Leiden. Full text

Borrero, F.J., A.S.H. Breure, C. Christensen, M. Correoso & V. Mogollón Avila. Into the Andes: three new introductions of Lissachatina fulica (Gastropoda, Achatinidae) and its potential distribution in South America. - Tentacle 17: 6-8. Link


2008

Breure, A.S.H. Carination strikes the eye: extreme shell shapes and sibling species in three Andean genera of the Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). - Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 82: 499-514. PDF.

Breure, A.S.H. & E. Neubert. A preliminary revision of Weyrauch's unpublished names: taxa of the genus Bostryx Troschel, 1847 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). - Basteria 72: 319-330. PDF.

Breure, A.S.H. Mysterious or confusing: enigmatic species in the Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). - Basteria 72: 241-252. PDF.

Borrero, F.J. & A.S.H. Breure. Species distribution modeling: A Neotropical case with land snails of the family Orthalicidae. - Abstracts Annual Meeting American Malacological Society, Carbondale: 4. Link.

Breure, A.S.H. & F.J. Borrero. An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species. - Zootaxa 1768: 1-40. Abstract. (PDF on request).


2007

Breure, A.S.H. Book review (Simone - Land and freswater molluscs of Brazil). - Basteria 71 (1-3): 96.


1998

Vermeulen, J.J., A.J. de Winter & A.S.H. Breure. Handleiding voor het verzamelen van landslakken in vochtig-tropische gebieden [Guide to the collection of land snails in humid tropical areas]. - Informatieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 11: 1-16. Full text


1987

Restrepo, C. & A.S.H. Breure. Drymaeus zingarensis, a new land snail from Colombia (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Bulimulidae). - Basteria 51 (4-6): 141-144.


1985

Breure, A.S.H. & J. R. Schouten. Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda), 3. - Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 211: 1-98. Link


1984

Breure, A.S.H. Survey of the land Mollusca of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. In: T. van der Hammen and P.M. Ruiz (eds.) La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia), Transecto Buritaca – La Cumbre. Studies Tropical Andean Ecosystems 2: 487-500. Berlin-Stuttgart, J. Cramer Verlag. Full text


1982

Breure, A.S.H. & E. Gittenberger. The rock-scraping radula, a striking case of convergence (Mollusca). - Netherlands Journal of Zoology 32 (3): 307-312. Full text


1981

Breure, A.S.H. & A.A.C. Eskens. Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda), 2. - Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 186: 1-111. Link


1979

Breure, A.S.H. Taxonomical, ecological and zoogeographical research on Bulimulidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). - Malacologia 18 (1-2): 107-114.

Breure, A.S.H. Systematics, phylogeny and zoogeography of Bulimulinae (Mollusca). - Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 168: 1-215. Link

Breure, A.S.H. [The interest of revisions above species level]. - Correspondentieblad van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging . (in Dutch).


1978

Breure, A.S.H. & G. Coppois. Notes on the genus Naesiotus Albers, 1850 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae). - Netherlands Journal of Zoology 28 (2): 161-192. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). - Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 164: 1-255. Link


1977

Breure, A.S.H. Notes on Bulimulidae (Gastropoda, Euthyneura), 5. On some collections from Colombia. - Archiv für Molluskenkunde 107: 257-270. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Systematic research on the family of land snails Bulimulidae. - WOTRO Report 1976: 41-43. Full text

Ploeger, S. & A.S.H. Breure. A rapid procedure for preparation of radulae for routine research with the Scanning Electron Microscope. - Basteria 41: 47-52. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Anisospira velascorum, a new land snail from Mexico, with notes on the anatomy and histology (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Urocoptidae). - Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 51 (19): 299-305. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. & S. Ploeger. Notes on Bulimulidae (Gastropoda, Euthyneura), 6. The structure in the radula in some Simpulopsis species. - Basteria 41: 59-64. Full text

Araujo, J. L. de B. & A.S.H. Breure. Notes on Bulimulidae (Gastropoda, Euthyneura), 7. Anatomy and histology of Simpulopsis (Simpulopsis) miersi Pfeiffer, 1856. - Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 52 (3): 19-25. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. & A.A.C. Eskens. Observations on the formation of spermatophores in a Bulimulid land snail, Drymaeus canaliculatus (Pfeiffer, 1845) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata). - Netherlands Journal of Zoology 27 (3): 271-276. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Some land molluscs from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. - Netherlands Journal of Zoology 27 (3): 299-304. Full text


1976

Breure, A.S.H. Notes on Bulimulidae (Gastropoda, Euthyneura), 3. Bulimulus trindadensis sp.n. from Ilha da Trindade, Brazil. - Basteria 40: 3-6. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Helicina (Helicina) microdina huberi subspec.nov., a new land snail from northern Venezuela and Colombia. - Basteria 40: 143-145. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Notes on Bulimulidae (Gastropoda, Euthyneura), 4. Some Bulimulidae from French Guyana and Surinam, with notes on their anatomy. - Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 50 (7): 107-115. Full text Link

Breure, A.S.H. Over de landmollusken van het Nationale Park "Henri Pittier", Venezuela. - Correspondentieblad van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 172: 569-572. (in Dutch). Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Types of Bulimulidae (Gastropoda, Euthyneura) in the Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Zurich. In: Malacologische Opstellen, Feestbundel Malacologische Contactgroep Amsterdam: 1-4. Rotterdam, Backhuys Publishing. Full text


1975

Breure, A.S.H. Types of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. - Bulletin Museum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle, (3) 331, Zoologie 233: 1137-1187. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Notes on Bulimulidae (Gastropoda, Euthyneura), 2. On a small collection of Simpulopsis Beck, 1837 from Southern Brazil, with description of three new species. - Basteria 39: 97-113. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Over fossiele Bulimulus riisei (Pfeiffer) van St. Croix, Virgin Islands, West Indië. - Correspondentieblad van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 166: 439-440. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Bulimulus guadalupensis (Bruguière, 1789), een nieuwe soort voor de malacofauna van Curacao. -Correspondentieblad van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 166: 440-441. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Description of a collecting trip in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. - De Kreukel 11 (7): 83-116. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae II. Plekocheilus and Naesiotus. - Studies Fauna Curacao and Caribbean Islands 152: 71-93. Full text


1974

Breure, A.S.H. Notes on land and freshwater Mollusca from Southern and Central Mexico. - De Kreukel 10 (10): 131-148. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Catalogue of Bulimulidae (Gastropoda, Euthyneura), II. Odontostominae. - Basteria 38: 109-127. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Notes on Bulimulidae (Gastropoda, Euthyneura), 1. Bulimulus smeurorum, new name for Bulimus simplex Hupé, 1857 not Bulimulus simplex Beck, 1837 nor Bulimus simplex Jonas, 1842. - Basteria 38: 13-15. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Notes on the genus Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae). - Netherlands Journal of Zoology 24 (3): 236-252. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae I. Bulimulus. - Studies Fauna Curacao and Caribbean Islands 45: 1-80. Full text


1973

Breure, A.S.H. Index to the Neotropical land Mollusca described by Alcide D'Orbigny, with notes on the localities of the mainland species. - Basteria 37: 113-135. Full text

Breure, A.S.H. Catalogue of Bulimulidae (Gastropoda, Euthyneura), I. Amphibuliminae. - Basteria 37: 51-56. Full text