"New record of the deep-sea Nassarius subsimilis (E.A. Smith, 1906) (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) after more than a century" has been published in the Journal of Conchology #jconch #malacology #conchology #Gastropoda #Mollusca doi.org/10.61733/jco...
"First record of the genus Lagocheilus W.T. Blanford, 1864 (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae) from the northern Western Ghats, India, with the description of L. hayaomiyazakii n. sp." has been published in Journal of Conchology #newspecies #conchology #malacology #conchsoc
"Notharinia sinensis sp. nov., first record of Notharinia from China, with a preliminary geometric morphometric analysis of the relationship of Notharinia and Arinia s. l. (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Diplommatinidae)" has been published. doi.org/10.61733/jco... #newspecies #malacology #conchology
Clockwise from top left: graceful cowrie (Pupuradusta gracilis); snakehead cowrie (Monetaria caputserpentis); zebra volute (Amoria zebra); black-end cone (Conus aplustre).
Clockwise from top left: Spengler’s trumpet shell (Cabestana spengleri); mulberry whelk (Arakawania marginalba); Ince’s moon snail (Conuber incei); common warrener (Lunella undulata).
Top: reflexed jewel-box (Chama pacifica); bottom: Brazier’s wedge shell (Donax brazierii).
Part of the coastline at Emerald Beach, where these shells were found.
Before I became obsessed with botany and mycology, I was obsessed with #conchology, even as a very small child. So imagine my DELIGHT to have a few hours to look at #shells at beautiful #EmeraldBeach, NSW on our @palnam.bsky.social #roadtrip! IDs in ALT. #Australia #beach #nature #mollusc #mollusk
"On the geographical and stratigraphical distribution of the nestling bivalve Petricola ramirezi Araya & Osorio, 2019 (Bivalvia: Veneridae)" has been published in #JournalofConchology #conchology #malacology
"Gulella io Verdcourt, 1974 and Oxychilus alliarius (Miller, 1822): first reports of two greenhouse snails in Italy" has been published in the #JournalofConchology #jconch #molluscs @conchsoc #conchology doi.org/10.61733/jco...
"First records of Semilimax pyrenaicus
(Stylommatophora: Vitrinidae) in Britain" has been published in the #JournalofConchology #jconch #conchsoc #molluscs #conchology
"First report of Eucalodiidae in Brazil (Stylommatophora: Urocoptoidea), with the description of a new genus and species" has been published in #JournalofConchology #jconch @conchsoc #newspecies #conchology #landsnail doi.org/10.61733/jco...
Venus comb murex, or Murex pecten, is a predatory sea snail that is easily identifiable by its long spikes. This necklace (on Etsy) is created from etched copper, stones, and a blue leather cord.
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#murex #conchology #marine #biologist #biology
Reverend James Bulwer was an English artist, collector, priest, and naturalist (with a particular interest in #conchology). He was associated with the #NorwichSchool of painters, the first British provincial art movement, who took their inspiration from the natural environment of #Norfolk.
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"Alien molluscs in British and Irish hothouses" has been published in the #journalofConchology @conchsoc #conchology #molluscs #mollusca
"A new micro-snail species of the genus Dicharax Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900 (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae: Alycaeinae), from sacred groves in the northern Western Ghats, India" has been published in #journalofconchology. #conchology #newspecies
doi.org/10.61733/jco...
Botany Bay bubble shell (Bulla quoyii).
Scarlet thorny oyster (Spondylus tenellus). (In life, the mollusk has long spines that usually break off or wear down on beached shells like this one.)
Black mitre (Isara glabra).
Australian tulip shell (Australaria australasiae). Sexily reclining and winning prizes for the number of 'a's in its binomial.
Walking on the #beach and by the #sea for mental health, but still unable to resist #nature watching. Some exciting (to me) finds of beached #shells in #Tasmania! (Names in ALT) #mollusk #gastropod #bivalve #conchology #Australia #marine
It's #WorldWildlifeDay! And because it's important to appreciate the smaller #wildlife, here is a very pretty endemic Australian sea #snail with a fantastic name...
The Pyramid Noddiwink (Nodilittorina pyramidalis)
#marinebiology #beachlife #conchology #gastropods
📍 #RoyalNationalPark, #NSW
"First record of a Semilimax pyrenaicus population in the Benelux: insights into potential anthropogenic dispersal (Gastropoda: Vitrinidae)" has been published in the #Journalofconchology #conchology #biodiversity #mollusca doi.org/10.61733/jco...
An original watercolour illustrating three fossils in a line. The left and right fossils are heart shaped. All three are brown in colour. Handwritten below the images are the words 'Hippopodium ponderosum Min. Con. t.250'.
What happens when Valentine's Day and #FossilFriday collide?
Hippopodium ponderosum (plate 61) by George B. Sowerby (1812-1884).
We ❤️ fossils. #LoveIsAllAround
View his full collection of 148 watercolours via our #DigitisedCollections https://buff.ly/4hzvfgF
#ValentinesDay #Conchology #Valentines
"Megalobulimus arapotiensis Morretes, 1952 is a junior synonym of M. elongatus (Bequaert, 1948)" has been published in the #JournalofConchology. #jconch #conchsoc #conchology #landsnail
"A new site for Vertigo angustior in Spain, the first record in Andalucía and the most southerly in Europe, and notes on the status of Euconulus alderi in the Iberian Peninsula" has been published in the #JournalofConchology. #jconch #conchsoc #conchology
Four views of a shell of Helicarion issangoensis
"Notes on Pleistocene and Recent non-marine Mollusca from Zambia" has been published in the #JournalofConchology. #jconch #conchology #landsnails
doi.org/10.61733/jco...
"Taxonomic synopsis of land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Brazilian Midwest deposited in the Coleção Malacológica de Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil" has been published by #journalofconchology
#jconch #conchology #conchsoc #biodiversity #landsnails
doi.org/10.61733/jco...
"Struggling with shells: Drymaeus Albers, 1850 and Mesembrinus Albers, 1850 species (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae) from Peru—an illustrated checklist and descriptions of new species" has been published in the #JournalofConchology.
#conchology #newspecies #conchsoc
doi.org/10.61733/jco...
The shell of Pelopina from the Arabian Gulf, described in this Journal of Conchology article.
"Presence of the genus Pelopina Huber, 2010 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Thraciidae) in the Arabian Gulf" has been published in the #jconch, the Journal of Conchology.
#journalofconchology #conchology
doi.org/10.61733/jco...
The Journal of Conchology is now on Bluesky.
The Journal of Conchology is the world's oldest continuing publication on the subject, established in 1874. The Journal is a flagship publication for the Society.
#jconch #journalofconchology #conchology
conchsoc.org/journal
Any snail enthusiasts out there who could help with a mollusc mystery or conchological conundrum please? #snail #mollusc #gastropod #conchology twitter.com/dogwooddays_nic/status/1...
