Information at the beginning of the year 2019 – Molluskenforschung Austria (MoFA)

• 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)

• A review of the Alpine Land Snails Working Group for the year 2018 can be found on snails.nhm.ac.at.
⇾ more (Looking back at 2018)

• On 07.01.2019 the 2nd MoFA General Assembly took place at NHM Vienna. We exchanged information and discussed details on excursions and the first MoFA conference. The previous board was re-elected. Fortunately, the number of members increased in 2018.

Announcements:

• Save the date: The 1. MoFa-Meeting will be held in Salzburg in „Haus der Natur“ on 26.06.-27.06.2019. Details will follow soon!

• 17.05.2019 – 01.03.2020 Streck die Fühler aus – Schnecken in ihrer vollen Pracht
Exhibition about biology, ecology and systematics of snails at Biologiezentrum Linz

http://www.landesmuseum.at/de/ausstellungen/detail/streck-die-fuehler-aus-schnecken-in-ihrer-vollen-pracht.html MoFA will organise an excursion to this exhibition. Date and details will follow soon!

• 07.- 10.06.2019: 58. Spring meeting of the „Deutsche Malakozoologische Gesellschaft“ in Hoppstädten-Weiersbach.

Infos: http://www.dmg.mollusca.de/images/download/termine/dmg2019_einladung-web.pdf

• 11.-16.08.2019 World Congress of Malacology: Asilomar conference grounds, Pacific Grove, CA, USA

Infos and registration: https://www.calacademy.org/world-congress-of-malacology-2019

Announcements:

We wish you a happy new year 2019!