jul 2009
ACvB80: mission completed
09-07-2009 16:55
Today the project “ACvB80” was finished with the
publication of Zoologische Mededelingen 83 (3-21).
It is the Festschrift for Dr A.C. van Bruggen on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Of the 12 malacological papers, two deal with Neotropical snails.
Some quite intensive months have come to an end. Well nearly so, because there will be a special meeting of the Dutch Malacological Society for this occasion on 26 September.
Dolf, congratulations again!
It is the Festschrift for Dr A.C. van Bruggen on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Of the 12 malacological papers, two deal with Neotropical snails.
Some quite intensive months have come to an end. Well nearly so, because there will be a special meeting of the Dutch Malacological Society for this occasion on 26 September.
Dolf, congratulations again!
Another Blue Drymaeus
06-07-2009 21:34
There is a blue trait going around in
Caribbean
Drymaeus,
about which I have written
here
and
before.
Now I have evidence that the Blue
Drymaeus
clan extends into the mainland.
This is a picture of Drymaeus flavidus (Menke, 1828) from Venezuela, Edo. Miranda, Barlovento. The blue trait is thus present in de Cordillera de la Costa, and I wonder how far east and west it extends. If you have any observations on these “Blue Boys”, I’ll be happy to be informed.
Many thanks to Raúl Castro Zea, who kindly sent me this picture.
This is a picture of Drymaeus flavidus (Menke, 1828) from Venezuela, Edo. Miranda, Barlovento. The blue trait is thus present in de Cordillera de la Costa, and I wonder how far east and west it extends. If you have any observations on these “Blue Boys”, I’ll be happy to be informed.
Many thanks to Raúl Castro Zea, who kindly sent me this picture.
(Ir)regular feeds
04-07-2009 13:19
Summer is taking shape here in Holland, although for
the next week the forecast is less good. Anyway, my
feeds to this blog will be less frequent during the
coming period. No problem for my regular readership,
I’ve added a RSS feeder.
It sits in the sidebar, below the tags. Click “A Snail’s Blog” and add the resulting link to the subscriptions in your favorite RSS Reader. This way, you will notice when this Snail has been active again...
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Photo of the day (57): Hemibulimus
03-07-2009 21:59
Colombian land snails are relatively poorly known
(although I’m working hard to have a paper ready
later this year). Therefore, I’m really glad that
Andrés Quintero Angel sent me some pictures that he
made in the field. Today a photograph of the
orthalicid
Hemibulimus
dennisoni
(Reeve, 1848).
The picture was taken in Dept. Tolima, near Filandia.
Andrés, many thanks for sharing this picture with us.
The picture was taken in Dept. Tolima, near Filandia.
Andrés, many thanks for sharing this picture with us.
Photo of the day (56): Porphyrobaphe
02-07-2009 12:58
This photograph of
Porphyrobaphe
iostoma
(Sowerby, 1824) was taken by Modest Correoso. This is
a species that occurs in western Ecuador. The picture
was, however, not taken in the natural habitat.
Modest, many thanks.
Modest, many thanks.
Old literature - revisited
01-07-2009 08:58
It has been a while ago that I wrote on the
Biodiversity
Heritage Library
and how it can change the access to literature.
When I looked it up earlier this week, I was positively surprised to see the change the site has made. Not only their holdings on molluscan literature has grown to 605 titles (some of them multi-volumes ones), the quality of the text has also been greatly improved.
The is also a large number of periodicals available, some of them rarely found, even in the a good museum library.
If you are looking for some of the major works of the Giants, you should certainly consult this site.
When I looked it up earlier this week, I was positively surprised to see the change the site has made. Not only their holdings on molluscan literature has grown to 605 titles (some of them multi-volumes ones), the quality of the text has also been greatly improved.
The is also a large number of periodicals available, some of them rarely found, even in the a good museum library.
If you are looking for some of the major works of the Giants, you should certainly consult this site.