Information at the beginning of the year 2019

• A newsletter of the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft in Salzburg has been published recently with interesting reports and beautiful photos (https://www.hausdernatur.at/de/newsletter-archiv-malakologische-ag.html). ⇾ (download Newsletter) •…

Usage of Cylindrus FITZINGER, 1833 conserved by the ICZN

A longlasting controversy about the generic affiliation of the Austrian endemic Cylindrus obtusus recently came to an end. According to some authors, the generic name Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833 should be considered as invalid as it is pre-occupied…