Upcoming publications (in press, submitted or 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.

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



Malacological publications by Abraham S.H. Breure



2013

Breure, A.S.H.. Annotated type catalogue of Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. ZooKeys 279: 1-101. Abstract and PDF

Breure, A.S.H. The Pantepui malacofauna: land snails of Churí-tepui and other tepuis in southern Venezuela and adjacent areas. In: R. Aubrecht & J. Schlögl (eds.) Venezuelan tepuis - their caves and biota: 113-124. Acta Geologica Slovaca - Monograph, Comenius University, Bratislava. Link


2012

Breure, A.S.H. Living in isolation: Plekocheilus (P.) philippei spec.nov. from Venezuelan Guayana (Gastropoda, Amphibulimidae). Basteria 76: 101-106 (PDF on request).

Breure, A.S.H. Book review (Linares & Vera). Basteria 76: 100 (PDF on request).

Breure, A.S.H. & S.E. Miquel. More than a number: clarifying the dates of publication of some papers of A. Doering on land and freshwater shells from Argentina, and a note on his taxon Clessinia (Odontostomidae). Zootaxa 3572: 18-22. (PDF on request).

Breure, A.S.H. The status of the genus Bostryx Troschel, 1847, with description of a new subfamily (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae). ZooKeys 216: 1-3. Abstract and PDF. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.216.3436.

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. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 141: 1-20. (PDF on request).

Breure, A.S.H. & C. Whisson. Annotated type catalogue of Bothriembryon (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in Australian museums. ZooKeys 194: 41-80. Abstract and PDF. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.194.2721.

Breure, A.S.H. & J.D. Ablett. Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London. ZooKeys 182: 1-70. Abstract and PDF. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.182.2720

Breure, A.S.H. Weurauch’s type localities: a clarification; with illustrations of types of Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) in the Tucumán museum. Folia conchyliologica 17: 4-24. PDF



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